Sir Richard Grenville, one of the great admirals on whom Queen Elizabeth depended; an ancestor of Dr. Grenfell of Labrador, who embodies so many of the ideals of American boyhood. 163. Lord Thomas Howard, admiral of the English fleet. Bideford, an English seaport in Devonshire. 165. San Philip, one of the most powerful Spanish galleons or warships. 169. Drake, taken from Drake, an English Epic. Sir Francis Drake, English admiral of the sixteenth century. He seems to have started out as a private adventurer and was thus able to harass England's continental enemies as the government was not ready to do on account of Elizabeth's changeableness. He became very popular with the sailors, throughout the land and probably deserves more credit than his superior officers for the repulse of the great Spanish Armada in 1588. Gloriana, Queen Elizabeth. 172. The Admiral's Ghost, from The Enchanted Island. 173. Nelson, the most famous sailor in England's history. His greatest achievement is the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when he defeated the French fleet which was attempting to aid Napoleon in his plan to invade England. He was in ill health nearly all his life, and lost his right arm from a wound received in attacking Santa Cruz. 187. He Fell Among Thieves, from Collected Poems, 1897-1907. Yassin river, near the northern frontier of India near Afghanistan. 188. daïs, in the Oxford colleges the instructors and professors, or 'dons,' dine with considerable dignity and style at a table slightly raised above the level of the undergraduates' tables. 190. The Mantuan singer, a reference to Vergil, who was born in Italy, near Mantua. 191. turned the calkins, reversing the horseshoes, so as to deceive followers. Guides, a regiment of native Indians. 192. Abazai, a native Indian tribe. Tongue of Jagai, a narrow pass in the Himalayas. 193. dust-devils, dust clouds blown by cyclones. snaffle-bars, slender bridle straps. stag of ten, with antlers of ten prongs. 196. Peshawur, a town on the northwestern frontier of India. 198. Robin Hood, that most interesting gentleman-highwayman who figures in so many ballads, of which this is, perhaps, typical. 201. ballup, front. list, desire for it. 204. Glenlivet, water from stream of this name. 205. double-first, mark of exceptionally high scholarship at Oxford. Ross-shire, a county in the highlands of Scotland. 212. plain, complain. 218. The Twa Corbies, the Scottish version of the less satisfactory English ballad beginning, "There were three ravens sate on a tree, They were as black as they might be,' etc. 228. In Memoriam, selections from the great poem Tennyson wrote after the death of his intimate friend, Arthur Hallam, who died suddenly after leaving college while traveling on the continent. Proteus, the herdsman of Neptune, god of the sea. 232. Triton, son of Neptune. The roar of the sea was supposed to be Triton blowing through his horn. 237. Just Whistle a Bit, copyright, 1899. 239. My King Has Found Me, taken from Mr. Myer's Saint Paul. Index of First Lines A blood-red ring hung round the moon All the world's a stage A man he was to all the country dear PAGE 27 46 2 118 A ship I have got in the North Country As I was walking all alane As toilsome I wander'd Virginia's woods At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay At the midnight in the silence of the sleeptime At the punch-bowl's brink Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! Breathes there the man with soul so dead But Drake, in hourly dread of some new change By the bivouac's fitful flame Close his eyes: his work is done! Come, dear children, let us away 125 225 37 43 161 218 119 162 236 231 153 80 185 42 21 210 70 169 II 107 180 Come to me, you with the laughing face, in the night as I lie 155 Fear death?- -to feel the fog in my throat. From the Desert I come to thee Give thy thoughts no tongue PAGE 80 240 39 37 146 'Give us a song!' the soldiers cried God end War! but when brute War is ended He might have reared a palace at a word He rose at dawn and, fired with hope. He that loves a rosy cheek He tripped up the steps with a bow and a smile Hie away, hie away 140 3 113 58 216 232 86 106 58 52 154 148 120. 6 'Ho! Sailor of the sea! I blow the organ at St. Timothy's If I have faltered more or less. 177 34 239 I hear in my heart, I hear in its ominous pulses I held it truth, with him who sings. 'I want a hero '—well, that wish is wise I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree Long since, in sore distress, I heard one pray PAGE 53 I 237 104 78 36 61 189 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord 112 Nobly, nobly Cape St. Vincent to the North-west died away No stir in the air, no stir in the sea 117 73 158 No sun-no moon!. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note 215 109 O captain! my captain! our fearful trip is done O Falmouth is a fine town with ships in the bay Often I think of the beautiful town 90 76 121 Oft in the stilly night Oh, dear is the song of the pine Oh, did you see him riding down Oh, Fast is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet 223 223 211 191 |