15 1889 " 16 1903 sm. 4to 17 1904 " CONTENTS. Page PREFACE, v L'ENVOY, xxxiii _Spanish Ballads_ THE BROKEN PITCHER, 3 DON FERNANDO GOMERSALEZ: FROM THE SPANISH OF ASTLEY'S, 7 THE COURTSHIP OF OUR CID, 24 _American Ballads_ THE FIGHT WITH THE SNAPPING TURTLE; OR, THE AMERICAN ST GEORGE:-- FYTTE FIRST, 35 FYTTE SECOND, 39 THE LAY OF MR COLT: STREAK THE FIRST, 45 STREAK THE SECOND, 47 THE DEATH OF JABEZ DOLLAR, 53 THE ALABAMA DUEL, 59 THE AMERICAN'S APOSTROPHE TO "BOZ", 66 _Miscellaneous Ballads_ THE STUDENT OF JENA, 75 THE LAY OF THE LEVITE, 80 BURSCH GROGGENBURG, 82 NIGHT AND MORNING, 87 THE BITER BIT, 89 THE CONVICT AND THE AUSTRALIAN LADY, 92 THE DOLEFUL LAY OF THE HONOURABLE I. O. UWINS, 96 THE KNYGHTE AND THE TAYLZEOUR'S DAUGHTER, 103 THE MIDNIGHT VISIT, 110 THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN, 116 MY WIFE'S COUSIN, 130 THE QUEEN IN FRANCE: AN ANCIENT SCOTTISH BALLAD: PART I., 135 PART II., 143 THE MASSACRE OF THE MACPHERSON: FROM THE GAELIC, 150 THE LAUREATES' TOURNEY:-- FYTTE THE FIRST, 156 FYTTE THE SECOND, 161 THE ROYAL BANQUET, 166 THE BARD OF ERIN'S LAMENT, 171 THE LAUREATE, 173 A MIDNIGHT MEDITATION, 177 MONTGOMERY: A POEM, 182 LITTLE JOHN AND THE RED FRIAR: A LAY OF SHERWOOD:-- FYTTE THE FIRST, 186 FYTTE THE SECOND, 192 THE RHYME OF SIR LAUNCELOT BOGLE : A LEGEND OF GLASGOW, 201 _Illustrations of the Puff Poetical_ THE DEATH OF ISHMAEL, 221 PARR'S LIFE PILLS, 223