_From The Daffodil Fields_ 38 THE RIVER 40 THE RETURN 42 THE END OF THE TROUBLE 57 _From Philip the King_-- THE MESSENGER’S SPEECH 63 TRUTH 76 THE “WANDERER” 77 AUGUST, 1914 88 BIOGRAPHY 91 SHIPS 104 SONNET ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE 108 THEY CLOSED HER EYES 109 _From Good Friday_-- THE MADMAN SPEAKS 113 _From Lollingdon Downs_-- SONNETS 117 _From Gallipoli_-- EPILOGUE 136 _From Reynard the Fox_ 136 _From Enslaved_-- PROLOGUE 152 THE END 154 THE HOUNDS OF HELL 162 ANIMULA 186 FORGET 193 ON GROWING OLD 194 _From Right Royal_ 195 _From Esther_-- CHORUSES 205 ACT II 209 The books from which these selections are taken are published by the following firms, to whom the author makes the usual acknowledgments:-- Salt Water Ballads Messrs. ELKIN MATHEWS, LTD. Poems and Ballads ” ” Pompey the Great Messrs. SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD. The Everlasting Mercy ” ” The Widow in the Bye Street ” ” Dauber Messrs. WILLIAM HEINEMANN, LTD. The Daffodil Fields ” ” Philip the King ” ” Gallipoli ” ” Good Friday ” ” Lollingdon Downs ” ” Reynard the Fox ” ” Enslaved ” ” Right Royal ” ” Esther ” ” _Selections from_ _SALT-WATER BALLADS_ TRADE WINDS