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Lyra Heroica

by William Ernest Henley

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Compiler
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903
Title
Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Daniel Emerson Griffith and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Children's poetry, American
Category
Text
eBook-No.
19316
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19316
Release Date
September 19, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LYRA HEROICA
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.I AGINCOURT — INTROIT — INTERLUDE — HARFLEUR — THE EVE — THE BATTLE — AFTER
  5. 5.II LORD OF HIMSELF
  6. 6.III TRUE BALM
  7. 7.IV HONOUR IN BUD
  8. 8.V THE JOY OF BATTLE
  9. 9.VI IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
  10. 10.VII GOING A-MAYING
  11. 11.VIII TO ANTHEA WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING
  12. 12.IX MEMENTO MORI
  13. 13.X THE KING OF KINGS
  14. 14.XI LYCIDAS
  15. 15.XII ARMS AND THE MUSE WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED ON THE CITY
  16. 16.XIII TO THE LORD GENERAL
  17. 17.XIV THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT
  18. 18.XV ON HIS BLINDNESS
  19. 19.XVI EYELESS AT GAZA
  20. 20.XVII OUT OF ADVERSITY
  21. 21.XVIII HEROIC LOVE
  22. 22.XIX GOING TO THE WARS
  23. 23.XX FROM PRISON
  24. 24.XXI TWO KINGS
  25. 25.XXII IN EXILE
  26. 26.XXIII ALEXANDER'S FEAST
  27. 27.XXIV THE QUIET LIFE
  28. 28.XXV CHEVY CHACE — THE HUNTING — THE CHALLENGE — THE BATTLE — THE SLAIN — THE TIDINGS
  29. 29.XXVI SIR PATRICK SPENS
  30. 30.XXVII BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBY
  31. 31.XXVIII HUGHIE THE GRÆME
  32. 32.XXIX KINMONT WILLIE — THE CAPTURE — THE KEEPER'S WRATH — THE MARCH — THE RESCUE
  33. 33.XXX THE HONOUR OF BRISTOL
  34. 34.XXXI HELEN OF KIRKCONNELL
  35. 35.XXXII THE TWA CORBIES
  36. 36.XXXIII THE BARD
  37. 37.XXXIV THE ROYAL GEORGE
  38. 38.XXXV BOADICEA
  39. 39.XXXVI TO HIS LADY
  40. 40.XXXVII CONSTANCY
  41. 41.XXXVIII THE PERFECT SAILOR
  42. 42.XXXIX THE DESERTER
  43. 43.XL THE ARETHUSA
  44. 44.XLI THE BEAUTY OF TERROR
  45. 45.XLII DEFIANCE
  46. 46.XLIII THE GOAL OF LIFE
  47. 47.XLIV BEFORE PARTING
  48. 48.XLV DEVOTION
  49. 49.XLVI TRUE UNTIL DEATH
  50. 50.XLVII VENICE
  51. 51.XLVIII DESTINY
  52. 52.XLIX THE MOTHERLAND
  53. 53.L IDEAL
  54. 54.LI TO DUTY
  55. 55.LII TWO VICTORIES
  56. 56.LIII IN MEMORIAM NELSON: PITT: FOX
  57. 57.LIV LOCHINVAR
  58. 58.LV FLODDEN — THE MARCH — THE ATTACK — THE LAST STAND
  59. 59.LVI THE CHASE
  60. 60.LVII THE OUTLAW
  61. 61.LVIII PIBROCH
  62. 62.LIX THE OMNIPOTENT
  63. 63.LX THE RED HARLAW
  64. 64.LXI FAREWELL
  65. 65.LXII BONNY DUNDEE
  66. 66.LXIII ROMANCE
  67. 67.LXIV SACRIFICE
  68. 68.LXV SOLDIER AND SAILOR
  69. 69.LXVI ‘YE MARINERS’
  70. 70.LXVII THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC
  71. 71.LXVIII BATTLE SONG
  72. 72.LXIX LOYALTY
  73. 73.LXX A SEA-SONG
  74. 74.LXXI A SONG OF THE SEA
  75. 75.LXXII SENNACHERIB
  76. 76.LXXIII THE STORMING OF CORINTH — THE SIGNAL — THE ASSAULT — THE MAGAZINE
  77. 77.LXXIV ALHAMA
  78. 78.LXXV FRIENDSHIP
  79. 79.LXXVI THE RACE WITH DEATH
  80. 80.LXXVII THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE
  81. 81.LXXVIII HAIL AND FAREWELL
  82. 82.LXXIX AFTER CORUNNA
  83. 83.LXXX THE OLD NAVY
  84. 84.LXXXI CASABIANCA
  85. 85.LXXXII THE PILGRIM FATHERS
  86. 86.LXXXIII TO THE ADVENTUROUS
  87. 87.LXXXIV HORATIUS — THE TRYSTING — THE TROUBLE IN ROME — THE KEEPING OF THE BRIDGE — FATHER TIBER
  88. 88.LXXXV THE ARMADA
  89. 89.LXXXVI THE LAST BUCCANEER
  90. 90.LXXXVII A JACOBITE'S EPITAPH
  91. 91.LXXXVIII THE SONG OF THE WESTERN MEN
  92. 92.LXXXIX THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP — THE MODEL — THE BUILDERS — IN THE SHIP-YARD — THE TWO BRIDALS
  93. 93.XC THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH CAPE
  94. 94.XCI THE CUMBERLAND
  95. 95.XCII A DUTCH PICTURE
  96. 96.XCIII BARBARA FRIETCHIE
  97. 97.XCIV A BALLAD OF THE FLEET
  98. 98.XCV THE HEAVY BRIGADE
  99. 99.XCVI THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS
  100. 100.XCVII THE RED THREAD OF HONOUR
  101. 101.XCVIII HOME THOUGHTS FROM THE SEA
  102. 102.XCIX HERVÉ RIEL
  103. 103.C THE DYING FIREMAN
  104. 104.CI A SEA-FIGHT
  105. 105.CII BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS!
  106. 106.CIII TWO VETERANS
  107. 107.CIV THE PLEASANT ISLE OF AVÈS
  108. 108.CV A WELCOME
  109. 109.CVI THE BIRKENHEAD
  110. 110.CVII APOLLO
  111. 111.CVIII THE DEATH OF SOHRAB — THE DUEL — SOHRAB — THE RECOGNITION — RUKSH THE HORSE — RUSTUM — NIGHT
  112. 112.CIX FLEE FRO' THE PRESS
  113. 113.CX SCHOOL FENCIBLES
  114. 114.CXI THE TWO CAPTAINS
  115. 115.CXII THE HEAD OF BRAN
  116. 116.CXIII THE SLAYING OF THE NIBLUNGS — HOGNI — GUNNAR — GUDRUN — THE SONS OF GIUKI
  117. 117.CXIV IS LIFE WORTH LIVING
  118. 118.CXV THEOLOGY IN EXTREMIS
  119. 119.CXVI THE OBLATION
  120. 120.CXVII ENGLAND
  121. 121.CXVIII A JACOBITE IN EXILE
  122. 122.CXIX THE REVEILLÉ
  123. 123.CXX WHAT THE BULLET SANG
  124. 124.CXXI A BALLAD OF THE ARMADA — ENVOY
  125. 125.CXXII THE WHITE PACHA
  126. 126.CXXIII MOTHER AND SON
  127. 127.CXXIV PRAYERS
  128. 128.CXXV A BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST
  129. 129.CXXVI THE FLAG OF ENGLAND
  130. 130.NOTES — I — II — III , IV — V — VI — VII , VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI , XVII — XVIII — XIX , XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — XXVI — XXVII — XXVIII — XXIX — XXX — XXXI — XXXII — XXXIII — XXXIV , XXXV — XXXVI — XXXVII , XXXVIII — XXXIX — XL — XLI — XLII — XLIII — XLIV — XLV — XLVI — XLVII–LII — LIII–LXII — LXIII — LXIV — LXV–LXVII — LXVIII — LXIX — LXXI — LXXII–LXXVIII — LXXIX — LXXX — LXXXI , LXXXII — LXXXIII — LXXXIV–LXXXVII — LXXXVIII — LXXXIX–XCII — XCIV — XCV — XCVI , XCVII — XCVIII , XCIX — C–CIII — CIV , CV — CVI — CVII–CIX — CX , CXI — CXII — CXIII — CXIV — CXV — CXVI–CXVIII — CXIX , CXX — CXXI — CXXII — CXXIII — CXXIV — CXXV — CXXVI
  131. 131.INDEX

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