l. 1. _Effingham._ Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham (1536-1624), commanded the English fleet sent against the Spanish Armada (1588). _Grenville._ Sir Richard Grenville, naval commander (1541?-1591). See Mr. Gerald Massey’s poem, _supra_, p. 113. _Raleigh._ Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1616), soldier, sailor, courtier, adventurer, and writer. _Drake._ Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596). 3. _Benbow._ Vice-admiral John Benbow (1653-1702). _Collingwood._ Vice-admiral Cuthbert, Lord Collingwood (1750-1810), second in command at Trafalgar. _Byron._ Vice-admiral John Byron (1723-1786), grandfather of the poet. _Blake._ Robert Blake (1599-1657), next to Nelson, the greatest English admiral. 8. _Nelson._ Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805). 13. _Essex._ Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex (1567-1601), commanded the land attack on Cadiz (1596) when the city was taken by the English. 30. _Duncan._ Admiral Adam, Viscount Duncan (1731-1804), who defeated the Dutch in the fight off Camperdown (October 11, 1797). 31. _Texel._ One of the mouths of the Zuyder Zee. 38. _The Sound._ The strait between Sweden and Denmark leading into the Baltic Sea. The English fleet entered the Sound on April 1, 1801, and next morning Nelson, acting under orders from Sir Hyde Parker, attacked the Danish batteries. 52. _Rodneys._ Admiral George Brydges, first Baron Rodney (1719-1792). The third is an extract from the poem entitled _Laudabunt Alii_. CXV _The Seven Seas._ (Methuen & Co., 1896.) By permission of author and publishers. l. 9. _Bergen._ A town on the west coast of Norway. 10. _Disko._ An island off the west coast of Greenland. _floe._ The surface ice of polar seas. 12. _Dogger._ A sandbank in the middle of the North Sea. 18. _Musk-ox._ A long-haired animal of the ox tribe, found in Arctic America. 21. _Virgins._ A group of small islands in the West Indies. 23. _sea-egg._ Sea-urchin. 25. _Keys._ Islands near the coast (Spanish _cayo_, a sandbank). 37. _Kuriles._ A group of islands in the North Pacific. 39. _Praya._ Capital of the Cape Verde Islands. _Kowloon._ A town in China, near Hong-Kong. 43. _Hoogli._ The Ganges. 50. _Winds._ Scents, smells. CXVI _The Times_ (July 17, 1897). Suggested by the celebration of Queen Victoria’s ‘Diamond Jubilee’ (June 22). By permission of the author and the editor of _The Times_. CXVII _The Spectator_ (December 16, 1899). By permission of the author and the editor of _The Spectator_. The poem is written to an old Gaelic air. CXVIII _A Gun-Room Ditty Box_ (Cassell & Co., 1898). By permission of author and publishers. ‘Snotties’ is the naval equivalent of ‘midshipmen.’ II.--WALES CXIX Published (with _The Progress of Poetry_) in 1757. l. 5. _hauberk._ Coat of mail. 8. _Cambria._ Wales; a Latinised form of ‘Cymru.’