_Bells and Pomegranates_ (vii. 1845). The first was written in Italy. The second was written in pencil on the cover of an Italian book during Browning’s first journey to Italy. He sailed in a merchant vessel from London to Trieste, and was the only passenger (1838). A letter from the poet to Miss Haworth gives an account of the voyage. (_Life and Letters_, edited by Mrs. Sutherland Orr, 2nd edition, p. 97.) LXXII _Songs for Music_ (Routledge, 1856), a reprint of a series of songs from _The Illustrated London News_ (1852-1855). LXXIII-LXXIV 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. LXXV _Andromeda and Other Poems_ (1858). Written in 1854. LXXVI _Edinburgh Courant_, 1852. 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_’). LXXVII _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. LXXVIII Verses 1, 2, 4, and 9 of Hymn No. 143 in _Hymns Ancient and Modern_. By permission of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. LXXIX _Sonnets and Other Poems_ (A. & C. Black, 1900). By permission of author and publishers. LXXX _Points of War_ (Bell & Daldy, 1855), and _Wagers of Battle_ (Macmillan & Co., 1900). By permission of the author and Messrs. Macmillan. LXXXI-LXXXII 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). LXXXIII _Balder_ (Smith & Elder, 1854). LXXXIV 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. LXXXV _Legends and Lyrics_ (1858). Written in 1855. LXXXVI _Havelock’s March and Other Poems_ (Trübner & Co., 1859). By permission of the author. LXXXVII _Collected Poems_ (Macmillan & Co., 1900). By permission of the publishers. LXXXVIII