This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler. SONGS OF THE ARMY OF THE NIGHT. * * * * * BY FRANCIS ADAMS. * * * * * “_For the cause of Labour all over the Earth_.” * * * * * SECOND EDITION. * * * * * London: WILLIAM REEVES, 185, FLEET STREET, E.C. TO EDITH. “My sweet, my child, through all this night Of dark and wind and rain, Where thunder crashes, and the light Sears the bewildered brain, “It is your face, your lips, your eyes I see rise up; I hear Your voice that sobs and calls and cries, Or shrills and mocks at fear. “O this that’s mine is yours as well, For side by side our feet Trod through these bitter brakes of hell. Take it, my child, my sweet!” CONTENTS. PAGE Preface 11 This Book 15 SONGS OF THE ARMY OF THE NIGHT. _Proem_:—“Outside London” 18 _PART I.—ENGLAND_. In the Camp 19 “Axiom” 20 Drill 20 Evening Hymn in the Hovels 21 In the Street: “Lord Shaftesbury” 22 “Liberty” 22 In the Edgware Road 24 To the Girls of the Unions 24 Hagar 25 “Why?” 26 A Visitor in the Camp 27 “Lord Leitrim” 28 “Anarchism” 28 Belgravia by Night: “Move on!” 29 Jesus 29 Parallels for the Pious 30 “Prayer” 30 To the Christians 31 “Defeat” 31 To John Ruskin 32