CONTENTS Page ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888) ...... 223 The Forsaken Merman ............ 223 Sohrab and Rustura ............ 228 Rugby Chapel ............... 292 Balder Dead ...... ... ...... 255 BELLOC, HILAIRE (b. 1870) ......... 367 The South Country ............ 367 BINYON, LAURENCE (b. 1879) ......... 385 Asoka .................. 385 BLUNDEN, EDMUND (b. 1896) ......... 383 Almswomen ............... 383 BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844-1930) ......... 342 Elegy on a Dead Child............ 342 There is a Hill ............... 344 BROOKE, RUPERT (1887-1915) ......... 396 The Great Lover............... 396 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD (1788-1824)... Ill The Ocean ............... 122 Napoleon ................. 'Ill Waterloo .................. 118 Rome .................. 125 Venice ............ ,..... 121 COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834) ... 86 v The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ...... 86 DANIEL, SAMUEL (1562-1619) ......... . s Ulysses and the Siren............. S DYER, SIR EDWARD ( ? -1607) ...... ... 1 My Mind to Me a Kingdom is ... ...... 1 FLECKER, JAMES ELROY (1884-1915)...... 392 The Golden Journey to Samarkand ...... 392 Brumana............... ... 394