_Songs for Music_ (Routledge, 1856), a reprint of a series of songs from _The Illustrated London News_ (1852-1855).
The first is from _Songs in Absence_ (1852), and was probably composed during the author’s voyage across the Atlantic. The second appears in _Poems with Memoir by F. T. Palgrave_ (Macmillan & Co., 1862). By permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co.
_Andromeda and Other Poems_ (1858). Written in 1854.
l. 3. _The Vengeur’s crew._ The _Vengeur_ was sunk in Lord Howe’s action against the French fleet on ‘the glorious first of June’ (1794), off the coast of Brittany. For the final account of her sinking see Carlyle (_Miscellanies_--‘Sinking of the _Vengeur_’).
_Ionica_ (George Allen, 1891). By permission of Mrs. Cory. The poem was written in 1861, and was privately printed in 1877. The ‘School Fencibles’ are the members of the Volunteer Corps of Eton College, whose grey uniform, with light-blue facings, is the ‘meek attire of blue and grey’ referred to in l. 10.
Verses 1, 2, 4, and 9 of Hymn No. 143 in _Hymns Ancient and Modern_. By permission of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
_Sonnets and Other Poems_ (A. & C. Black, 1900). By permission of author and publishers.
_Points of War_ (Bell & Daldy, 1855), and _Wagers of Battle_ (Macmillan & Co., 1900). By permission of the author and Messrs. Macmillan.
Both from _Visions of England_ (Macmillan & Co., 1881). By permission of the publishers.
l. 1. _Isle of Roses._ Within the temple of Athena at Lindus, in the island of Rhodes, Pindar’s seventh Olympian Ode was engraved in golden letters.
40. _Changing at the font._ Alfred was god-father to Guthrun, the Danish leader, when baptized after his defeat at Ethandún (872).
This poem first appeared in _The Times_ (October 31, 1899), was reprinted separately by Messrs. Skeffington & Sons, and is included in the author’s last volume, _The Finding of the Book and Other Poems_ (Hodder & Stoughton, 1900). By permission of the author, the editor of _The Times_, and the publishers above mentioned.
_Legends and Lyrics_ (1858). Written in 1855.
_Havelock’s March and Other Poems_ (Trübner & Co., 1859). By permission of the author.
_Collected Poems_ (Macmillan & Co., 1900). By permission of the publishers.