TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Diacritical marks, where missing from the original table of contents, have been added so that the titles listed in the contents exactly match the poem titles from the main text. THE FARMER’S BRIDE The Original Edition of THE FARMER’S BRIDE, consisting of seventeen of the poems included in this volume, was first published in 1916. THE FARMER’S BRIDE By CHARLOTTE MEW [_A new Edition with eleven new Poems_] LONDON THE POETRY BOOKSHOP 35 DEVONSHIRE STREET, THEOBALD’S ROAD, W.C. 1921 Printed in England at The Westminster Press, Harrow Road, London, W. THE AUTHOR begs to thank the Editors of _The Nation_, _The Westminster Gazette_, _The New Weekly_, _The Englishwoman_, _The Egoist_, _The Graphic_, _The Athenæum_, and _The Monthly Chapbook_ for permission to reprint some of the poems in this book. To ---- He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life: even for ever and ever. CONTENTS PAGE THE FARMER’S BRIDE 11 FAME 13 THE NARROW DOOR 14 THE FÊTE 15 BESIDE THE BED 20 IN NUNHEAD CEMETERY 21 THE PEDLAR 24 PÉCHERESSE 25 THE CHANGELING 27 KEN 29 À QUOI BON DIRE 32 THE QUIET HOUSE 33 ON THE ASYLUM ROAD 36 JOUR DES MORTS (CIMETIÈRE MONTPARNASSE) 37 THE FOREST ROAD 38 MADELEINE IN CHURCH 40 EXSPECTO RESURRECTIONEM 47 ON THE ROAD TO THE SEA 48 THE SUNLIT HOUSE 50 THE SHADE-CATCHERS 51 LE SACRÉ-CŒUR (MONTMARTRE) 52 SONG 53 SATURDAY MARKET 54 ARRACOMBE WOOD 55 SEA LOVE 56 THE ROAD TO KÉRITY 57