Farmhouse, the royal flower of autumn, 93; youth and antiquity mingled in the aspect of, 93, 94; wayfarer’s first view of, 96; a little red, 100; life in, 101
Field, a green, 84-87; antiquity of, 86; November the notable month of, 87
“Four Elms, The,” typical village inn, 106, 110; its old-time furniture, 107; tramps and labourers in tap-room, 107-110
Gaberdine, a pedlar’s description of, 186
Gardens, summer flowers in, 170, 171; autumn flowers, 174, 175
Gods, ancient, and modern worshippers, 42, 43; and heroes, 54
Golden Age, the, 13, 15, 16, 100-102; and modern literature, 14
Harvest field, a moonlight love-race in, 201-204
Hazlitt, love of, song suggestive of, 208
Inn, the village, 205-208; metamorphosed into a temple of all souls, 208
Inns, 63, 104, 106, 123, 183, 194; a medley, 5; roadside, 5, 61
July night, and dawn, a, reminiscences of a, 118, 119
Junonian woman, 73, 76; best representative of August, 73
Kilhwch, love of, song suggestive of, 208
Labourer, aged, reminiscences of, 77-82; a memory with a voice, 79; feats of strength and endurance, 80, 81; his coaching days, 81; disciple of Culpeper, 82
Landscapes on the walls by the roadside, 192
Launcelot, Sir, at the water of Morteise, 228; his vision of the Sangreal, 228; his adventures, 228-232; at the castle of Carbonek, 229-232
London, 7, 188; midnight walk in, 7; pedestrians encountered, 7, 8; river, seen from bridge, 8; names of streets an epitome of the world and time, 9; can it be told? 188, 189; _The Soul of London_, 188
Love-race in a moonlit harvest-field, 201-204
Malory’s story of Sir Launcelot and the Sangreal, 228
Marlowe, love of, song suggestive of, 208
“Mary, come into the Field,” a peasant song, 34, 35, 237, 238
Meadowland, 56-63; pastoral inhabitants of, 58
Meredith, Arabella, old man’s love-story concerning, 157-163; her prowess in the hunting-field, 158; her proposal of marriage, 159; at the Fair, 161; her lover’s daring swim, 162, 163; her death, 163
Morteise, water of, Sir Launcelot at the, 228
Mowing, extraordinary day’s work at, 80, 81; song, 11, 235
Music, the romantic cry of matter striving to become spirit, 206
Names, of streets, an epitome, 9; of inns, rich in suggestion, 9
Nature, sorrowing, 5; a philosopher of, 12; beauties of, at dawn, 15, 16, 119