Songs of the Army of the Night

About this eBook

Author

Adams, Francis, 1862-1893

Credits

This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Working class -- Poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32153

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32153

Release Date

April 27, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SONGS of the ARMY OF THE NIGHT.
2. 2.TO EDITH.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.THIS BOOK.
6. 6.SONGS OF THE ARMY OF THE NIGHT. — PROEM. “OUTSIDE LONDON.”
7. 7.I. — “ENGLAND.” IN THE CAMP. — “AXIOM.” — DRILL. — EVENING HYMN IN THE HOVELS. — IN THE STREET. LORD ----. — “LIBERTY!” — IN THE EDGWARE ROAD. (To LORD L----.) — TO THE GIRLS OF THE UNIONS. — HAGAR. — “WHY!” — A VISITOR IN THE CAMP. To Mary Robinson . [27] — “LORD LEITRIM.” — “ANARCHISM.” — BELGRAVIA BY NIGHT. “ Move On !” — JESUS. — PARALLELS FOR THE PIOUS. — “PRAYER.” — TO THE CHRISTIANS. — “DEFEAT?” — TO JOHN RUSKIN. ( After reading his “ Modern Painters .”) — TO THE EMPEROR WILLIAM. — SONG OF THE DISPOSSESSED. “ to jesus .” — ART. — THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT. [35] — “ANALOGY.” (To D---- L----.) — IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE. — A STREET FIGHT. (To Mr F---- .) [38] — IN AN EAST END HOVEL. TO A WORKMAN , A WOULD-BE SUICIDE . — DUBLIN AT DAWN. — THE CAGED EAGLE. — “IRELAND.” — TO CHARLES PARNELL. — AN “ASSASSIN.” — “HOLY RUSSIA.” — PÈRE-LA-CHAISE. [45] ( Paris .) — AUX TERNES. [46] ( Paris .) — “THE TRUTH.” — TO THE SONS OF LABOUR. — TO THE ARTISTS. — “ONE AMONG SO MANY.” — THE NEW LOCKSLEY HALL. “ forty years after .” — FAREWELL TO THE MARKET. “ susannah and mary-jane .”
8. 8.II. “HERE AND THERE.” — IN THE PIT. “ chant of the firemen .” — A MAHOMMADAN SHIP FIREMAN. — TO INDIA. — TO ENGLAND. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — HONG-KONG LYRICS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. “ happy valley .” [66] — A GLIMPSE OF CHINA. — I. in a sampan . ( Min River , Fo Kien .) — II. in a chair . ( Foo-chow .) — III. “ caste .” — IV. over the samovar . [69a] ( Foo-chow .) — TO JAPAN. — DAI BUTSU. [70] ( Kama Kura .) — “ENGLAND.” — THE FISHERMAN. ( Mindanao , Philippines .) — A SOUTH-SEA ISLANDER. — NEW GUINEA “CONVERTS.” — A DEATH AT SEA. ( Coral Sea , Australia .) — I. — II. — III. “ dirge .”
9. 9.III. “AUSTRALIA: victoria — new south wales — queensland .” — THE OUTCASTS. ( Melbourne .) — VICTORIA TO JAMES MOORHOUSE, [76] — IN THE SEA-GARDENS. ( Sydney .) “ the man of the nation .” — “UPSTARTS.” — LABOUR—CAPITAL—LAND. — AUSTRALIA. — ART. — “HENRY GEORGE.” ( Melbourne .) — WILLIAM WALLACE. ( For the Ballarat statue of him .) — THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG. — TO AN OLD FRIEND IN ENGLAND. “ esau .” — AT THE SEAMEN’S UNION. [84] “ the seamen and the miners .” — TO HIS LOVE. — HER POEM: “ my baby girl , that was born and died on the same day .” — TO HENRY GEORGE IN AMERICA. — “ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.” — TO AN UNIONIST. — TO MY FRIEND SYDNEY JEPHCOTT, with a copy of my “ poetical works .” — TO E. L. ZOX. [89] ( Melbourne .) — “FATHER ABE.” ( Song of the American Sons of Labour .) — THE SONG. — THE ANSWER. — A FOOL. ( Brisbane ). — “MOUNT RENNIE.” [95] — I. ( The Australian Press speaks ). — II. ( The Time-Spirit speaks .) — “TYRANNY.” ( Melbourne .) — FROM A VERANDAH. ( Sydney .) “ Armageddon .” — “ELSIE:” A Memory . — “NATIONALISM AND M‘ILWRAITH!” The Queensland Elections Cry , 1888. — TO THE EMPEROR WILLIAM. — A STORY. ( For the Irish Delegates in Australia .) — AT THE INDIA DOCKS. A Memory of August , 1883. — DIRGE. ( Brisbane .) “ A little Soldier of the Army of the Night .” — TO QUEEN VICTORIA IN ENGLAND. an address on her jubilee year . — FAREWELL TO THE CHILDREN. — EPODE. “ On the Ranges , Queensland .”
10. 10.AUSTRALIAN PRESS NOTICES. — AN AUSTRALIAN POET. — “DAWNWARDS?”
11. 11.NOTES.

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