Green Bays. Verses and Parodies

By Arthur Quiller-Couch

"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).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 9, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066242411

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Arthur Quiller-Couch

Green Bays. Verses and Parodies

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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.

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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.

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ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS.

UNITY PUT QUARTERLY.

FIRE!

DE TEA FABULA.

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

IN A COLLEGE GARDEN.

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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