BALLADES AND VERSES VAIN BY ANDREW LANG AUTHOR OF "HELEN OF TROY" 'Branles, virelais, Ballades, and Verses vain.' —The Faerie Queene. —The Faerie Queene NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1902 CONTENTS. To the Reader — Austin Dobson XXXVI.—BALLADES: BALLADE DEDICATORY BALLADE OF LITERARY FAME BALLADE OF BLUE CHINA BALLADE OF THE BOOK-HUNTER BALLADE TO THEOCRITUS VALENTINE IN FORM OF BALLADE BALLADE OF SUMMER BALLADE OF AUTUMN BALLADE OF OLD PLAYS BALLADE OF ROULETTE BALLADE OF FRÈRE LUBIN BALLADE OF QUEEN ANNE BALLADE OF PRIMITIVE MAN BALLADE OF SLEEP BALLADE OF CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE BALLADE OF TRUE WISDOM BALLADE OF THE MUSE BALLADE FOR A BABY BALLADE OF HIS OWN COUNTRY BALLADE OF THE TWEED BALLADE OF THE ROYAL GAME OF GOLF BALLADE OF THE MIDNIGHT FOREST BALLADE OF CRICKET BALLADE OF THE BOOK-MAN'S PARADISE BALLADE OF WORLDLY WEALTH BALLADE OF THE MAY TERM BALLADE OF DEAD CITIES BALLADE OF THE VOYAGE TO CYTHERA BALLADE OF LIFE BALLADE OF ÆSTHETIC ADJECTIVES BALLADE OF DEAD LADIES BALLADE OF GOOD COUNSEL BALLADE AMOUREUSE BALLADE AGAINST THE JESUITS BALLADE OF BLIND LOVE BALLADE OF HIS CHOICE OF A SEPULCHRE Dizain — by Austin Dobson VERSES VAIN: ALMAE MATRES NIGHTINGALE WEATHER COLINETTE FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST A DREAM TWILIGHT ON TWEED A SUNSET OF WATTEAU ROMANCE A SUNSET ON YARROW A PORTRAIT OF 1783 THE BARBAROUS BIRDS POST HOMERICA: HESPEROTHEN THE SEEKERS FOR PHÆACIA THE DEPARTURE FROM PHÆACIA A BALLAD OF DEPARTURE THEY