Fate in Arcadia, and other poems . uth Answered, 50 The Hermit Answered, 54 Innocence, 56 Venus, 57 Her Token, . 63 Thrice Lost, . 69 Friendship, 71 The Youth Warned, . 73 viii CONTENTS Shorter Poems, continued— p^^^ The Child-Maids Complaint, . .74 Natural Enemies, • 76 The Maids Confession, 79 The Maid Ill-Warned, 81 The Sewing-Girl, 82 The Outcast, . • 85 At Best, 86 The Inevitable, 88 The Sack of Eden, 89 Malediction, . 9i Nameless, 95 Change, 97 Loss, . lOI To Earth, Mother of All, 105 Esto Lux, 106 The Moon, 107 Night, 110 A Woman seen in Dreams, 114 Twelfth Night, 120 The Shepherd, 129
Fate in Arcadia, and other poems . uth Answered, 50 The Hermit Answered, 54 Innocence, 56 Venus, 57 Her Token, . 63 Thrice Lost, . 69 Friendship, 71 The Youth Warned, . 73 viii CONTENTS Shorter Poems, continued— p^^^ The Child-Maids Complaint, . .74 Natural Enemies, • 76 The Maids Confession, 79 The Maid Ill-Warned, 81 The Sewing-Girl, 82 The Outcast, . • 85 At Best, 86 The Inevitable, 88 The Sack of Eden, 89 Malediction, . 9i Nameless, 95 Change, 97 Loss, . lOI To Earth, Mother of All, 105 Esto Lux, 106 The Moon, 107 Night, 110 A Woman seen in Dreams, 114 Twelfth Night, 120 The Shepherd, 129 A Meeting, 131 CONTENTS Shorter Poems, continued— PAGE An Arabian Proverb, . 133 The Seven Atmospheres, 135 The Ploughman, - 138 Loves Infancy, 142 Sphinx and Sekhet, H3 They Say, .... 151 The Art of the Antique, 152 The Hope of the Antique, 153 Whose Image and Superscription ? 15s The Good Shepherd, 157 Himself, .... 158 The Wanderer, 164 On this Picture, and on this. ^67 Unworthy to unloose, . 170 Italian Memories, 175. FATE IN ARCADIA. SCENE I.—Near a Wood. old Woodinan is at work. Enter a Knight. Knight. I PRAY thee, Father Woodman, answer these dark woods the belt of ArcadyWhere lovers pipe away the tender air ? Woodman. They are. But men here labour as elsewhereAnd maids here suffer. Knight. Are there maids here yet ? Woodman. There s one. The rest I bid my heart forget. Less love is here since first I went a-Maying. The Spring grows hard, and Winter breeds asaying That burns up hope as torches burn a moth:— The world is old, and easily made wrath. 3 J^ATE IN ARCADIA Knight. A wintry word. I have not sung sun is not yet risen on the hay,The summer flies are sleeping on the treesTrying not to dream of autumn and disease ;I 11 sing a song of your ill-tempered saying,And fright the world where no one goes a-Maying. {Slugs.)The spring is cold,The world is old. The summer shines and shines in , cryingCeases trying. Who believe hi
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