Transcribed from the 1885 Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Book cover] [Picture: Man at harpsichord] RHYMES A LA MODE BY A. LANG _Hom_, _c’est une ballade_! VADIUS [Picture: Decorative graphic: Arbor Scientiæ, Arbor Vitæ] LONDON _KEGAN PAUL_, _TRENCH & CO_ MDCCCLXXXV * * * * * Many of these verses have appeared in periodicals, English or American, and some were published in an American collection called _Ballades and Verses Vain_. None of them have previously been put forth in book form in England. The _Rondeaux of the Galleries_ were published in the _Magazine of Art_, and are reprinted by permission of Messrs. Cassell and Co. (Limited). CONTENTS. PAGE BALLADE DEDICATORY vii THE FORTUNATE ISLANDS 3 THE NEW MILLENIUM 13 ALMAE MATRES 23 DESIDERIUM 27 RHYMES A LA MODE 29 Ballade of Middle Age 31 The Last Cast 33 Twilight 37 Ballade of Summer 39 Ballade of Christmas Ghosts 41 Love’s Easter 42 Ballade of the Girton Girl 43 Ronsard’s Grave 45 San Terenzo 48 Romance 50 Ballade of his own Country 52 Villanelle 55 Triolets after Moschus 57 Ballade of Cricket 59 The Last Maying 61 Homeric Unity 65 In Tintagel 66 Pisidicê 68 From the East to the West 71 Love the Vampire 72 Ballade of the Book-man’s Paradise 74 Ballade of a Friar 76