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POEMS OLD AND NEW
Drake* s Drum.
1- 15> Round shot : used to sink the body of a sailor
buried at sea.
Nombre Dios Bay : near Porto Bello (in Central
America) , on the Isthmus of Panama.
1. 1 6. Plymouth Hoe : the stretch of flat ground (now an
esplanade) at the head of Plymouth Sound.
1. 17. The Island : Drake's Island, in Plymouth Sound.
P. 136, 1. 3. The Dons : the Spaniards.
1. 1 1 . The old trade : buccaneering.
1. 12. Ware : aware, watching.
The Hawk.
Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925), an Eton house-
master and later President of Magdalene College,
Cambridge, is chiefly known by his essays and con-
templative work. He wrote also studies of Pater
and FitzGerald in the " English Men of Letters " series.
The Lake Isle oflnnisfree.
William Butler Yeats (b. 1865), born in Dublin and edu-
cated at Godolphin School, Hammersmith, took to
art, but left it for literature. He took a prominent
part in the revival of Irish drama at the beginning of
the century. His prose work includes " The Celtic
Twilight" (1893) and "Ideas of Good and Evil"
( * 9°3) • The beauty — and the weakness — of his poetry,
lies in its magical and romantic atmosphere.
P. 137, 1. i. Jnnisfree : an island in Lough Gill, near Sligo.
L 3. nine : the perfect number.
The Scholars.
P. 137, 1. 15. Annotate : to write notes on.
P. 138, 1. 6. Catullus : a Roman poet of the first century
B.G,, who lived a riotous life and wrote the finest
Latin love-poetry.
Jack.
Edward Verrall Lucas (b. 1868) was born at Brighton and
educated at University College, London. After much
journalistic experience, he became chairman of
Methuen's. The main trend of his versatile writings
is toward fancy and humour. He writes well of travel,