CVIII. THE DEATH OF SOHRAB The Duel 267 Sohrab 269 The Recognition 272 Ruksh the Horse 275 Rustum 277 Night 280 CIX. FLEE FRO' THE PRESS 282 WILLIAM CORY (b. 1823). CX. SCHOOL FENCIBLES 284 CXI. THE TWO CAPTAINS 285 GEORGE MEREDITH (b. 1828). CXII. THE HEAD OF BRAN 290 WILLIAM MORRIS (b. 1834). CXIII. THE SLAYING OF THE NIBLUNGS Hogni 293 Gunnar 297 Gudrun 301 The Sons of Giuki 304 ALFRED AUSTIN (b. 1835). CXIV. IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? 308 SIR ALFRED LYALL (b. 1835). CXV. THEOLOGY IN EXTREMIS 311 ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE (b. 1837). CXVI. THE OBLATION 316 CXVII. ENGLAND 317 CXVIII. THE JACOBITE IN EXILE 319 BRET HARTE (b. 1839). CXIX. THE REVEILL… 322 CXX. WHAT THE BULLET SANG 323 AUSTIN DOBSON (b. 1840). CXXI. A BALLAD OF THE ARMADA 324 ANDREW LANG (b. 1844). CXXII. THE WHITE PACHA 325 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (b. 1850). CXXIII. MOTHER AND SON 326 HENRY CHARLES BEECHING (b. 1859). CXXIV. PRAYERS 328 RUDYARD KIPLING (b. 1865). CXXV. A BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST 329 CXXVI. THE FLAG OF ENGLAND 335 NOTES 341 INDEX 359 For I trust, if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam, That the smooth-faced snub-nosed rogue would leap from his counter and till, And strike, if he could, were it but with his cheating yard-wand, home. _Tennyson._ LYRA HEROICA I AGINCOURT INTROIT