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    Green Bays. Verses and Parodies
    Green Bays. Verses and Parodies
    Green Bays. Verses and Parodies
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    Green Bays. Verses and Parodies

    By Arthur Quiller-Couch

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    "Green Bays. Verses and Parodies" by Arthur Quiller-Couch
    Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a British writer who was known for his literary critiques. In this volume, the following verses and works are collected: The Splendid Spur, The White Moth, Irish Melodies I. Tim The Dragoon. Ii. Kenmare River, Lady Jane (Sapphics), A Triolet, An Oath, Upon Graciosa, Walking And Talking, Written Upon Love's Frontier-post, Titania, Measure For Measure, Retrospection, Why This Volume Is So Thin, Nugae Oxonienses, Twilight, Willaloo, The Sair Stroke, The Doom Of The Esquire Bedell, 'behold! I Am Not One That Goes To Lectures", Caliban Upon Rudiments, Solvitur Acris Hiemps, A Letter, Anecdote For Fathers, Unity Put Quarterly, Fire!, De Tea Fabula, and
    L'envoi (As I Laye A-dreamynge).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 9, 2019
    ISBN4064066242411
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      Green Bays. Verses and Parodies - Arthur Quiller-Couch

      Arthur Quiller-Couch

      Green Bays. Verses and Parodies

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      [email protected]

      EAN 4064066242411

      Table of Contents

      NUGAE OXONIENSES.

      OCCASIONAL VERSES.

      IN A COLLEGE GARDEN.

      THE SPLENDID SPUR.

      THE WHITE MOTH.

      IRISH MELODIES.

      I.

      IRISH MELODIES.

      II.

      LADY JANE.

      A TRIOLET.

      AN OATH.

      UPON GRACIOSA, WALKING AND TALKING.

      WRITTEN UPON LOVE'S FRONTIER-POST.

      TITANIA.

      MEASURE FOR MEASURE.

      RETROSPECTION.

      WHY THIS VOLUME IS SO THIN.

      NUGAE OXONIENSES.

      TWILIGHT.

      WILLALOO.

      THE SAIR STROKE.

      THE DOOM OF THE ESQUIRE BEDELL.

      'BEHOLD! I AM NOT ONE THAT GOES TO LECTURES.'

      CALIBAN UPON RUDIMENTS[1].

      A LETTER.

      OCCASIONAL VERSES.

      ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS.

      UNITY PUT QUARTERLY[1].

      FIRE!

      I.

      II.

      III.

      IV.

      VI.

      DE TEA FABULA.

      L'ENVOI.

      THE END

      IN A COLLEGE GARDEN.

      THE SPLENDID SPUR.

      THE WHITE MOTH.

      IRISH MELODIES I. TIM THE DRAGOON. II. KENMARE RIVER.

      LADY JANE (SAPPHICS).

      A TRIOLET.

      AN OATH.

      UPON GRACIOSA, WALKING AND TALKING.

      WRITTEN UPON LOVE'S FRONTIER-POST.

      TITANIA.

      MEASURE FOR MEASURE.

      RETROSPECTION.

      WHY THIS VOLUME IS SO THIN.

      NUGAE OXONIENSES.

      Table of Contents

      TWILIGHT.

      WILLALOO.

      THE SAIR STROKE.

      THE DOOM OF THE ESQUIRE BEDELL.

      'BEHOLD! I AM NOT ONE THAT GOES TO LECTURES.'

      CALIBAN UPON RUDIMENTS.

      SOLVITUR ACRIS HIEMPS.

      A LETTER.

      OCCASIONAL VERSES.

      Table of Contents

      ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS.

      UNITY PUT QUARTERLY.

      FIRE!

      DE TEA FABULA.

      L'ENVOI (AS I LAYE A-DREAMYNGE).

      IN A COLLEGE GARDEN.

      Table of Contents

      Senex. Saye, cushat, callynge from the brake,

      What ayles thee soe to pyne?

      Thy carefulle heart shall cease to ake

      When dayes be fyne

      And greene thynges twyne:

      Saye, cushat, what thy griefe to myne?

      Turtur. Naye, gossyp, loyterynge soe late,

      What ayles thee thus to chyde?

      My love is fled by garden-gate;

      Since Lammas-tyde

      I wayte my bryde.

      Saye, gossyp, whom dost thou abyde?

      Senex. Loe! I am he, the 'Lonelie Manne,'

      Of Time forgotten quite,

      That no remembered face may scanne—

      Sadde eremyte,

      I wayte tonyghte

      Pale Death, nor any other wyghte.

      O cushat, cushat, callynge lowe,

      Goe waken Time from sleepe:

      Goe whysper in his ear, that soe

      His besom sweepe

      Me to that heape

      Where all my recollections keepe.

      Hath he forgott? Or did I viewe

      A ghostlye companye

      This even, by the

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