To
Robert Louis Stevenson.

The crowning pleasure in the compilation of this book is the permission to dedicate it to you, and this token of personal admiration is not without special fitness, since you were among the earliest to experiment in these French rhythms, and to introduce Charles d'Orléans and François Villon to the majority of English readers.

"Those old French ways of verse making that have been coming into fashion of late. Surely they say a pretty thing more prettily for their quaint old-fashioned liberty! That TRIOLET—how deliciously impertinent it is! is it not?... The variety of dainty modes wherein by shape and sound a very pretty something is carved out of nothing at all. Their fantastic surprises, the ring of their bell-like returns upon themselves, their music of triangle and cymbal. In some of them poetry seems to approach the nearest possible to bird-song—to unconscious seeming through most unconscious art, imitating the carelessness and impromptu of forms as old as the existence of birds, and as new as every fresh individual joy in each new generation, growing their own feathers, and singing their own song, yet always the feathers of their kind, and the song of their kind."—

"Home Again."—George Macdonald.

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INDEX.

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* An asterisk is attached to the titles of those not previously published. Names of American Authors are in Italic type.

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@45736@[email protected]#Page_44" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">44 F. S. P. 'Of Exmoor' Waifs and Strays 45 Payne, John 'Of Past Delights' New Poems 46           " Ballad "           87           " 'Singers of the Time' "           88 Peck, S. M. 'The Pixies' 'Cap and Bells' 47 Pfeiffer, E. 'Of the Thuner-See' Songs and Sonnets 48 Probyn, May 'Grandmother' Ballad of the Road 49 Roberts, C. D. G. 'Philomela' In Divers Tones 50           " 'Calypso' "           51 Robinson, A. M. F. 'Of Forgotten Tunes' An Italian Garden 52           " 'Of Lost Lovers' Handful of Honeysuckles 90           " 'Of Heroes' "           91 Ropes, Arthur Reed 'Of a Garden' Poems 53 Scollard, Clinton 'Of the Bard' Pictures in Song 54           " 'Of Dead Poets' "           55           " 'To Villon' "           56           " 'The Blithe Ballade' With Reed and Lyre 57           " 'O Lady Mine' "           58           " 'Ships of Tyre' "           59 Sharp, William 'Of Vain Hopes'* 60           " 'Of the Sea-Wind'* 61           " 'Of the Sea-Folk'* 62 Sherman, F. D. 'To Austin Dobson' Madrigals and Catches 63           " 'Of Rhyme' "           64 Swinburne, A. C. 'Of Dreamland' Poems and Ballads, 2d Ser. 65           " 'Of François Villon' "           93           " Villon's Epitaph "           94           " 'Of Bath' English Ill. Mag. 95           " 'Of Sark' "           97 Symons, Arthur 'Of Kings' Time 66 Tomson, Graham R. 'Of Acheron' Longman's Mag. 67           " 'Of Asphodel' "           68           " 'Of the Bourne' Harper's Mag. 69           " 'Of Fairy Gold'* 70           " 'Of Might-be'* 71           " 'Of the Optimist' St. James' Gazette 72 Wheeler, Mortimer 'Of Old Instruments' Mag. of Music 73           " 'Of Sea-Music' "           74 Whitney, Ernest 'Nightingale and Lark' 75 Wilton, Richard 'Grandchildren at Church' 76 CHANTS ROYAL. Dobson, Austin 'The Dance of Death' Old World Idylls 98 Gosse, Edmund 'The Praise of Dionysus' New Poems 100 Payne, John 'The God of Love' New Poems 102 Pfeiffer, E. 'Children of the Mist' Gerard's Monument 104 Scollard, Clinton 'King Boreas' Pictures in Song 106 Waddington, S. 'The New Epiphany' Sonnets, etc. 108 Whitney, E. 'Glory of the Year' The Century 110 KYRIELLES. Payne, John Kyrielle New Poems 115 Robinson, A. M. F. 'The Pavilion' An Italian Garden 116 Scollard, Clinton Kyrielle Pictures in Song 116 PANTOUMS. Dobson, Austin 'In Town' At the Sign of the Lyre 117 "Love in Idleness" 'Monologue d'outre Tombe' 119 Payne, John Pantoum Songs of Life and Death 121 Matthews, Brander 'En route' The Century 124 Scollard, Clinton 'Sultan's Garden' Pictures in Song 126 RONDEAUX REDOUBLES.

class="smcap">Monkhouse, Cosmo 'My Soul is Sick' 128 Payne, John 'My Day and Night' New Poems 129 Scollard, Clinton 'Prayer of Dryope' Pictures in Song 130 Tomson, Graham R. 'I will go hence'* 131 RONDELS. Bunner, H. C. 'O Honey of Hymettus' Airs from Arcady 135           " 'Ready for the Ride' The Century 135 Crane, Walter Two Rondels 136 Dabson, Austin 'The Wanderer' Old World Idylls 137 Fay, A. M. Rondel 137 Gosse, Edmund " New Poems 138 Grant, J. C. " Songs from the Sunny South 138 Henley, W. E. Four Variations The London 139           " 'The Ways of Death' "           141 McCarthy, Justin H. Rondel* 141 MacDonald, George Two Rondels A Threefold Cord 142 Moore, George Two Rondels* 143 Monkhouse, Cosmo 'To a Sheet of Paper'* 144 Payne, John 'Kiss me, Sweetheart' New Poems 144 Peck, S. M. 'Before the Dawn' Cap and Bells 145 Pfeiffer, Emily Rondel 147 Probyn, May " Ballad of the Road 145           " Rondelets "           151 Ropes, A. Reed Two Rondels Poems 146 Scollard, Clinton 'Come, Love' With Reed and Lyre 147           " 'Upon the Stair' Pictures in Song 148           " 'I Heard a Maid' "           148 Sherman, F. D. 'Valentine' "           149 Waring, C. H. 'Love's Captive' Fun 149           " 'Love' "           150 Wilton, Richard Rondel Sungleams 150           " 'Benedicte' Sunday at Home 151 RONDEAUS. Bates, Arlo 'Might Love be Bought'* 152           " 'In Thy Clear Eyes'* 152 Bell, C. D. 'The Sweet Sad Years' Songs in Many Keys 153           " 'A Wish' "           153 Bowen, H. C. 'To a Doleful Poet' Longman's Magazine 154 Bridges, Robert 'His Poisoned Shafts' Poems 155 Bulloch, J. M. 'To Homer'* 155 Bunner, H. C. 'September' Airs from Arcady 156           " 'Les Morts vont vite' "           156 Crane, Walter 'In Love's Disport'* 157           " 'What makes the World?'* 157 THE SICILIAN OCTAVE. Two Examples by Dr. RICHARD GARNETT 132 Dobson, Austin 'O fons Bandusiæ' Old World Idylls 158           " 'On London Stones' "           158           " 'To Ethel' "           159           " 'With Pipe and Flute' "           160           " 'To a June Rose' At the Sign of the Lyre 159           " 'In After Days' "           160           " 'In Vain To-day' "           161           " 'When Burbadge Played' "           161 Chew, Beverly 'Old Books' New York Critic 162 Grant, J. C. 'A Coward Still' Songs of Sunny South 162 Grant, Robert 'Rondeaux of Cities' The Century 163-4 Goodale, E. 'Could She have Guessed' "           165 Gosse, Edmund 'Fortunate Love' On Viol and Flute

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@45736@[email protected]#Page_165" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">165-8           " 'If Love should Faint' New Poems 168 Henley, W. E. 'My Love to Me' The London 169           " 'With Strawberries' "           169           " 'A Flirted Fan' "           170           " 'In Rotten Row' "           170           " 'The Leaves are Sere' "           171           " 'With a Fan' "           171           " 'If I were King' "           172           " 'The Gods are Dead' "           172           " 'Her Little Feet' "           173           " 'When you are Old'* "           173 Levy, Nathan 'My Books' American 174 "Love in Idleness" 'Most Sweet of All' 174 Lüders, C. H. 'The Redbreast' Hallo, my fancy 175           " 'To Q. H. F.' "           175 McCarthy, Justin H. 'Love in London '* "           176 Martin, Ada L. 'Sleep' Cassell's Magazine 176 Marzials, Theo. 'To Tamaris' Athenæum 177           " 'When I see you' "           177           " 'Carpe Diem' 178 Matthews, Brander 'Old and New' American 178           " 'Sub Rosa' The Century 179 Monkhouse, Cosmo 'Violet' The Spectator 179           " 'O scorn me not'* 180           " 'Ten Thousand Pounds'* 180 Payne, John 'One of these days' New Poems 181           " 'Life lapses by' "           181 Peck, S. M. 'Beyond the Night' Cap and Bells 182           " 'Among my Books' "           182 Pfeiffer, E. 'I go my Gait' Gerard's Monument 183 Roberts, C. G. D. 'Laurels for Song' In Divers Tones 183           " 'Without one Kiss' Orion 184 Scollard, Clinton 'Vis Erotis' With Reed and Lyre 184           " 'When Sirius Shines' "           185           " 'At Peep of Dawn' "           185           " 'In Greenwood Glen' Pictures in Song 186 Sherman, F. D. 'Her China Cup' Madrigals and Catches 186           " 'Behind her Fan' "           187           " 'Valentine' "           187           " 'When Twilight comes' "           188           " 'Come, Pan, and Pipe' "           188           " 'An Old Rondo' "           189 Sterry, J. Ashby 'A Street Sketch' The Lazy Minstrel 189           " 'Dover' "           190           " 'Homesick' "           190 Tomson, Graham R. 'In Beechen Shade'* 191           " 'The Gates of Horn'* 191 Waddington, S. 'If Love be True' Sonnets, etc. 192           " 'The Coquette' "           192 Weatherly, G. 'Yes or No' Cassell's Magazine 193 Wilton, Rev. R. 'My Window Birds' Sungleams 193           " 'Snowdrops and Aconites' "           194           " 'Chiff-chaff's Message' "           194 Wright, Arthur G. 'When Summer Dies' Time 195           " 'My Little Sweetheart'* 195 ROUNDELS. Blomfield, D. F. Three Roundels English Ill. Mag.

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@45736@[email protected]#Page_196" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">196-7 Swinburne, A. C. 'A Singing Lesson' Century of Roundels 197           " 'In Guernsey' "           198-9           " 'The Roundel' "           199 Sayle, C. 'Nothing so Sweet' Bertha, etc. 200           " 'The Trysting-Tree' "           200 Symons, Arthur 'Of Rest'* 201 Waddington, S. 'Mors et Vita'* 201 Weller, Bernard 'Rondels of Childhood' Home Chimes 202 SESTINAS. Byrne, F. M. Sestina American 205 Coleman, C. W. 'Love's Going' Harper's Magazine 206 Gosse, Edmund Sestina New Poems 207 Robinson, A. M. F. 'Pulvis et Umbra' An Italian Song 209 Scollard, C. 'Cupid and the Shepherd' Pictures in Song 210 Swinburne, A. C. Sestina Poems and Ballads (2nd ser.) 211 TRIOLETS. Alexander, Griffith 'My Sweetheart' 215 Bridges, Robert Two Triolets Poems 215 Bates, Arlo Four Triolets* American 216 Bunner, H. C. Triolet The Century 217 Crane, Walter Triolet* 217 Dick, Cotsford 'Triolets for the Twelfth' The Model 218 Dobson, Austin 'Rose-leaves' Old World Idylls 219           " 'Oh, Love's but a Dance' "           220 Gosse, Edmund 'After Catullus'* 221 Henley, W. E. Triolet The London 221 Learned, Walter " American 221 McCarthy, Justin H. Triolets* 222 Lüders, C. H. " Hallo, my fancy 223 "Love in Idleness" Triolet 224 Macdonald, George Triolets A Threefold Cord 224-6 Peck, S. M. 'Under the Rose' Cap and Bells 227 Pfeiffer, E. Triolet Gerard's Monument 228 Radford, Ernest Six Triolets Measured Steps 229-30 Robertson, Harrison Two Triolets The Century 228 Robinson, A. M. F. 'From Fiametta' Handful of Honeysuckles 231 Scollard, Clinton 'A Snowflake' With Reed and Lyre 233 Sterry, J. Ashby 'A Tiny Trip' The Lazy Minstrel 233 Symons, Arthur 'Vestigia' Home Chimes 235 "The Century" Triolet 224           " 'Apology for gazing' 233           " 'Rejected' 238 Tomson, Graham R. Triolets* 236-8 Waring, C. H. 'A Pair of Gloves' Fun 239 Weatherly, G. 'In the Orchard' Cassell's Magazine 240 VILLANELLES. Bevington, L. S. 'Roses' Key Notes 243 Dick, Cotsford 'A Vacation Villanelle' The Model 244 Dobson, Austin 'Tu ne quaesieris' Old World Idylls 245           " 'When I saw you last, Rose' "           246           " 'Theocritus' "           247           " 'On a Nankin Plate' "           248 Gosse, Edmund Villanelle New Poems 249           " 'Little Mistress mine' "           250 Henley, W. E. 'Where's the use of sighing' The London 251           " 'The Villanelle' "           252           " 'In the Clatter of the Train' "           253 Lang, Andrew 'To M. Boulmier' Ballades in Blue China

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@45736@[email protected]#Page_254" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">254 "Love in Idleness" 'To the Nightingale' 255 Monkhouse, Cosmo 'Hetty'* 256 Noble, J. Ashcroft 'Life' Verses of a Prose-Writer 257 Payne, John 'The Air is White' New Poems 258 Peck, S. M. 'Bonnie Belle' Cap and Bells 259           " 'If some true Maiden's' "           260 Pfeiffer, E. 'When the brow of June' Sonnets v. Songs 261           " 'O Summer-time' "           262 Probyn, May 'In every Sound' 263           " 'The Daffodils' Ballad of the Road 264 Scollard, Clinton 'To Helen' With Reed and Lyre 265           " 'To the Daffodil' "           266           " 'Spring knocks' Pictures in Song 267 Sterry, J. Ashby 'Dot' 268 Thomas, Edith W. 'Across the World'* "           270           " 'Where are the Springs' The Manhattan 271 Tomson, Graham R. 'To Hesperus'* "           272           " 'I did not Dream'* 273 Waddington, S. 'Come, to the Woods' Sonnets, etc. 274 Wilde, Oscar 'Theocritus' Poems 275 VIRELAI. Payne, John 'Spring's sadness' New Poems 276 VIRELAI NOUVEAU. Dobson, Austin 'July' Evening Hours 279 BURLESQUES, ETC. Anonymous 'Ballade of Old Metres' The Century 285           " 'Ballade of the Prodigals' "           287 Bunner, H. C. 'On Newport Beach' (Rondeau) "           290           " 'Ballade of Summer Boarder' "           283           " Chant Royal, 'Mrs. Jones' "           294 Cranch, C. P. 'Young Poet's Advice' New York Critic 284 Dobson, Austin Villanelle Walnuts and Wine 293 G. H. 'Malapropos' The Lute 294 Henley, W. E. 'Villon's Straight Tip'* 288           " 'Culture in the Slums' 290 Lang, Andrew 'Ballade of Cricket' Rhymes a la mode 286 Moore, A. M. 'Ballade of Ballade-mongers' Hood's Annual 289