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BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

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POEMS OF LIFE AND MANNERS

EVERY-DAY CHARACTERS

1. THE VICAR

II. QUINCE

III. THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM 15

IV. MY PARTNER

V. PORTRAIT OF A LADY

THE COUNTY BALL

TO JULIO, ON HIS COMING OF AGE

165

LEAF OF “LILLIAN"

L'INCONNUE

V TO —

AN EXCUSE

168

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173

LINES, SENT IN THANKS FOR A BOT-

TLE OF VERY FINE OLD BRANDY 196

STANZAS, WRITTEN UNDER A PIC-

TURE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL,