ASelection From the WorksOFFREDERICK LOCKER

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD DOYLE.

LONDON: EDWARD MOXON & CO., DOVER STREET. 1865.

PRINTED BY BRADBURY AND EVANS, WHITEFRIARS. THE ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. E. MILLAIS, R.A., AND RICHARD DOYLE THE COVER FROM A DESIGN BY JOHN LEIGHTON, F.S.A. THE SERIES PROJECTED AND SUPERINTENDED BY

Some of these pieces appeared in a volume called "London Lyrics," of which there have been two editions, the first in 1857, and the second in 1862; a few of the pieces have been restored to the reading of the First Edition.

TO C. C. L.

Rome, May, 1862.

CONTENTS.

[Pg vii] PAGE THE JESTERS MORAL 1 BRAMBLE-RISE 6 THE WIDOW'S MITE 10 ON AN OLD MUFF 11 A HUMAN SKULL 15 TO MY GRANDMOTHER 17 O TEMPORA MUTANTUR! 20 REPLY TO A LETTER ENCLOSING A LOCK OF HAIR 22 THE OLD OAK-TREE AT HATFIELD BROADOAK 25 AN INVITATION TO ROME, AND THE REPLY:— THE INVITATION 31 THE REPLY 36 OLD LETTERS 40 MY NEIGHBOUR ROSE 43 PICCADILLY 47 THE PILGRIMS OF PALL MALL 50 GERALDINE 53 O DOMINE DEUS 56 THE HOUSEMAID 58 THE OLD GOVERNMENT CLERK 61 [Pg viii] A WISH 64 THE JESTER'S PLEA 67 THE OLD CRADLE 70 TO MY MISTRESS 73 TO MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS 75 THE ROSE AND THE RING 78 TO MY OLD FRIEND POSTUMUS 80 RUSSET PITCHER 82 THE FAIRY ROSE 87 1863 89 GERALDINE GREEN:— I. THE SERENADE 92 II. MY LIFE IS A 93 MRS. SMITH 95 THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD 98 THE VICTORIA CROSS 101 ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER SQUARE 104 SORRENTO 105 JANET 106 BÉRANGER 109 THE BEAR PIT 110 THE CASTLE IN THE AIR 112 GLYCERE 119 VÆ VICTIS 121 IMPLORA PACE [Pg ix] 123 VANITY FAIR 125 THE LEGENDE OF SIR GYLES GYLES 127 MY FIRST-BORN 133 SUSANNAH:— I. THE ELDER TREES 135 II. A KIND PROVIDENCE 137 CIRCUMSTANCE

139 ARCADIA 140 THE CROSSING-SWEEPER 145 A SONG THAT WAS NEVER SUNG 148 MR. PLACID'S FLIRTATION 154 TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS 157 BEGGARS 160 ON A PORTRAIT OF DR. LAURENCE STERNE 163 A SKETCH IN SEVEN DIALS 166 LITTLE PITCHER 167 UNFORTUNATE MISS BAILEY 170 ADVICE TO A POET 173 NOTES 177

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR, BY J. E. MILLAIS, R.A. To face Title THE JESTER On Title THE JESTER'S MORAL 1 ON AN OLD MUFF 11 THE OLD OAK-TREE AT HATFIELD BROADOAK 25 OLD LETTERS 40 PICCADILLY 47 A WISH 64 THE OLD CRADLE 70 TO MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS 75 THE ROSE AND THE RING 78 THE RUSSET PITCHER 82 TAIL PIECE 86 MRS. SMITH 95 THE CASTLE IN THE AIR 112 THE LEGENDE OF SIR GYLES GYLES 127 ARCADIA 140 MR. PLACID'S FLIRTATION 149 THE ANGORA CAT 160 LITTLE PITCHER 167

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THE JESTERS MORAL

Paris, November, 1864.

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BRAMBLE-RISE.

April, 1857.

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THE WIDOW'S MITE.

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ON AN OLD MUFF

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A HUMAN SKULL.

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TO MY GRANDMOTHER.

(SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE BY MR. ROMNEY.)

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