The Ballad of St. Barbara, and Other Verses
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Chapters (104)
- The Ballad of St. Barbara
- TO F. C. IN MEMORIAM PALESTINE, ’19
- THE BALLAD OF ST. BARBARA
- ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
- THE SWORD OF SURPRISE
- A WEDDING IN WAR-TIME
- THE MYSTERY
- “THE MYTH OF ARTHUR”
- THE OLD SONG
- THE TRINKETS
- THE PHILANTHROPIST
- ON THE DOWNS
- THE RED SEA
- FOR A WAR MEMORIAL
- MEMORY
- THE ENGLISH GRAVES
- NIGHTMARE
- A SECOND CHILDHOOD
- “MEDIÆVALISM”
- POLAND
- THE HUNTING OF THE DRAGON
- SONNET
- FANTASIA
- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
- TO CAPTAIN FRYATT
- FOR FOUR GUILDS:
- I. The Glass-Stainers
- FOR FOUR GUILDS:
- II. The Bridge-Builders
- FOR FOUR GUILDS:
- III. The Stone-Masons
- FOR FOUR GUILDS:
- IV. The Bell-Ringers
- THE CONVERT
- SONGS OF EDUCATION
- SONGS OF EDUCATION:
- I. History
- SONGS OF EDUCATION:
- II. Geography
- SONGS OF EDUCATION:
- III. For the Crêche
- SONGS OF EDUCATION:
- IV. Citizenship
- SONGS OF EDUCATION:
- V. The Higher Mathematics
- SONGS OF EDUCATION:
- VI. Hygiene
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