The heart of peace and other poems

About this eBook

Author

Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959

Title

The heart of peace, and other poems

Original Publication

London: William Heinemann, 1918.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry -- 20th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79709

Release Date

October 3, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HEART OF PEACE
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.I. THE HEART OF PEACE — A GEORGIC — THE CALL OF THE BLOOD — PAX VOBISCUM — THE LAND OF PROMISE — EVENSONG — INVITATION — THE QUICK AND THE DEAD — THE CALL OF WINTER — THE TRUE LOVER — FAREWELL TO TOWN — SONG — HENRI POL: BIRD-LOVER — ( Died June 15, 1918 ) — THE LIVING MIRACLE — ST. FRANCIS TO HIS LADY OF POVERTY — EASTER DAWN
4. 4.II. POEMS OF WAR-TIME — A GOODLY HERITAGE — HARVEST — (1914) — THE NEW NARCISSUS — BLIND LOVE — SEARCH-LIGHTS — CORPUS CHRISTI — ( How We kept the Feast at Karlsruhe ) — THE LEAVENED BREAD — THE CROSSWAY — I — II — THE CRUSADER’S TOMB — ARMAGEDDON—AND AFTER —
5. 5.III. BEAUTIFUL HEART — BEAUTIFUL HEART — 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 —
6. 6.IV. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS — EHEU, FUGACES! — Mary , — First Princess of Great Britain and Ireland — ( Born April 1605; Died December 1607 ) — CRADLE-SONG — “WITHERSHINS” — THE IRON AGE — THE BALLAD OF DEAD JUDGE JEFFREYS — THE WOOD-MAZE — CONCERNING KISSES — THE OLD MOON — ABSENT AND PRESENT — IN A GARDEN — LOVE AT THE FARM — THE TWO LOVES — A SONG OF THE DALES — CORIN AT THE GATE — COMPARISONS — SIGNS AND WONDERS — THE PRAYER — SONG — THE LOVER’S KNOT — OLD SWANAGE — GAFFER AT THE FAIR — THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS — THE MARATHON RACE — (1908) — HEROES

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