NOTES TO THE POEMS
art, and literature, has made numerous anthologies,
and is an authority on Charles Lamb.
P. 138, 1. 12. Hedonistic: pleasure-loving.
1. 24. Rip Van Winkle : the hero of Washington Irving's
story, who was henpecked, went hunting in the moun-
tains, and slept there for twenty years.
P. 139, 1. 12. Cutties : short clay tobacco pipes.
P. 140, 1. i. Catty forks : forked pieces of stick used to
make catapults.
1. 9. Zenith : the point of the heavens directly overhead.
1. 12. Half volley, etc. : cricketing terms.
P. 141, 1. 3. Nebulae : clouds, mists.
1. 7. Shag : coarse tobacco.
The Changeling.
Charlotte Mew (1870-1928) lived a life of hardship,
poverty, and ill-health, and finally committed suicide.
Her life is reflected in her two volumes of poetry,
"The Farmer's Bride" (1916) and "The Rambling
Sailor" (1929).
Changeling : a child substituted, generally by fairies, for
another child.
P. 143, 1. 15. Redstart: a small singing bird, allied to
the redbreast and the nightingale.
P. 144, 1. 9. Wold: open country, downland.
Stupidity Street.
Ralph Hodgson (b. 1871) is best known by poems ex-
pressing sympathy for animals, and indignation with
those who ill-treat them. " The Bull" is one of his
most notable longer poems.
Roundabouts and Swings.
Patrick R. Chalmers (b. 1872) was educated at Rugby,
and is the managing director of a private banking firm.
He has written two volumes of verse, " Green Days
and Blue Days" (1912) and "A Peck o' Maut"
(1914), and has contributed frequently to " Punch."
P. 145, 1. 4. Pharaoh : gipsy (i.e. Egyptian).
1. 7. Lurcher : a dog, half collie, half greyhound.
P. 146,1. 5. Night-jar : the goatsucker.
Tit for Tat.
Walter de la Mare (b. 1873) is best known by his " Pea-
cock Pie " and similar poems for ' the young of all ages.' ^
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