CREATION 113 THE PEACEMAKER 115 THE SAILOR-KING 117 THE FIDDLER'S FAREWELL 118 TO A PESSIMIST 119 MOUNT IDA 120 THE ELECTRIC TRAM 127 SHERWOOD 128 TALES OF THE MERMAID TAVERN I A KNIGHT OF THE OCEAN-SEA 274 II A COINER OF ANGELS 285 III BLACK BILL'S HONEY-MOON 303 IV THE SIGN OF THE GOLDEN SHOE 322 V THE COMPANION OF A MILE 340 VI BIG BEN 351 VII THE BURIAL OF A QUEEN 361 VIII FLOS MERCATORUM 386 IX RALEIGH 411 A WATCHWORD OF THE FLEET 434 NEW WARS FOR OLD 435 THE PRAYER FOR PEACE 436 THE SWORD OF ENGLAND 438 THE DAWN OF PEACE 438 THE BRINGERS OF GOOD NEWS 440 THE LONELY SHRINE 442 TO A FRIEND OF BOYHOOD LOST AT SEA 443 OUR LADY OF THE TWILIGHT 444 THE HILL-FLOWERS 445 THE CAROL OF THE FIR-TREE 447 LAVENDER 450 COLLECTED POEMS THE ENCHANTED ISLAND AND OTHER POEMS MIST IN THE VALLEY I Mist in the valley, weeping mist Beset my homeward way. No gleam of rose or amethyst Hallowed the parting day; A shroud, a shroud of awful grey Wrapped every woodland brow, And drooped in crumbling disarray Around each wintry bough. II And closer round me now it clung Until I scarce could see The stealthy pathway overhung By silent tree and tree Which floated in that mystery As--poised in waveless deeps-- Branching in worlds below the sea, The grey sea-forest sleeps. III Mist in the valley, mist no less Within my groping mind! The stile swam out: a wilderness Rolled round it, grey and blind. A yard in front, a yard behind, So strait my world was grown, I stooped to win once more some kind Glimmer of twig or stone. IV I crossed and lost the friendly stile And listened. Never a sound Came to me. Mile on mile on mile It seemed the world around Beneath some infinite sea lay drowned With all that e'er drew breath; Whilst I, alone, had strangely found A moment's life in death. V