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W. E. H.

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W. E. H.

"Henley is dead!" Ah, but the sound and the sight of him,

Buoyant, commanding, and strong, suffering, noble in mind!

Gone, and no more shall we have any discourse or delight of him,

Wearing his pain like a song, casting his troubles behind.

Gallant and fair! Feeling the soul and the ruth of things,

Probing the wounds of the world, healing he brought and surcease--

Laughter he gave, beauty to teach us the truth of things,

Music to march to the fight, ballads for hours of peace.

Now it is done! Fearless the soul of him strove for us,

Viking in blood and in soul, baring his face to the rain,

Facing the storm he fared on, singing for England and love of us,

On to the last corral where now he lies beaten and slain.

Beaten and slain! Yes, but England hath heed of him,

Singer of high degree, master of thought and of word--

She shall bear witness with tears, of the pride and the

loss and the need of him;

We shall measure the years by the voice and the song unheard.

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Summary

Introduction

Volume I

Proem

Rosleen

Will you come back home?

Mary Callaghan and me

Kildare

You'll travel far and wide

Farcalladen Rise

Give Me the Light Heart

Where shall we betake us?

No Man's Land

At Sea

Athenian

Eyes like the sea

Under the Cliff

Open thy gate

Summer is come

O flower of all the world

Was it some golden star?

I heard the desert calling

The forgotten word

What will it matter?

The courier star

The World in Making

Hew

O son of man

At the end of the world

Wayfarers

The Red Patrol

The Yellow Swan

The heart of the pioneer

The North Trail

Alone

The Scarlet Hills

The Woodsman Lover

Qui Vive!

The Little House

Spinning

Fly away, my heart

Suzon

My little tender heart

The Men of the North

The Crowning

Close up

W. E. H.

When blows the wind

Volume II

Dolly

Life's sweet wages

To the valley

The Lily Flower

Love in her cold grave lies

Granada, Granada

The New Aphrodite

An ancient pledge

The Tribute of King Hath

There is an orchard

Heart of the World

Epitaphs

The sea-reapers

The Watcher

The waking

When one forgets

Aloes and Myrrh

In waste places

Last of all

After

Remedial

The Twilight of Love

Irrevocable

The Last Dream

Waiting

In Maytime

Inside the bar

The children

Little Garaine

To a little child

L'Empereur, Mort

Phyllis

Bairnie

Volume III

In Camden Town

Jean

A Memory

In camp at Juniper Cove

Juniper Cove twenty years after

Listening

Nevertheless

Ishmael

Over the hills

The Deliverer

The Desert Road

A son of the Nile

A Farewell from the Harem

An Arab Love Song

The camel driver to his camel

The Tall Dakoon

There is sorrow on the sea

The Australian Stockrider

The Bridge of the Hundred Spans

Nell Latore

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