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           OXFORD POETRY

               1917


             EDITED BY

   W. R. C., T. W. E., AND D. L. S.


        (_SECOND IMPRESSION_)


               OXFORD
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                1918




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CONTENTS


P. BLOOMFIELD (BALLIOL)            PAGE
SECOND-BEST                           1

M. ST. CLARE BYRNE (SOMERVILLE)
FAVETE LINGUIS                        2

J. E. A. CARVER (MAGDALEN)
TINTAGIL                              3

EUGENE PARKER CHASE (MAGDALEN)
ON SUSSEX DOWNS                       4

W. R. CHILDE (MAGDALEN)
THE LAST ABBOT OF GLOUCESTER          5
THE GOTHIC ROSE                       6

GERALD H. CROW (HERTFORD)
AD DOMINAM SUAM MARIAM VIRGINEM       7
DESIDERIO DESIDERAVI                  8
HUMILITY                              9

D. N. DALGLISH (ST. HILDA'S)
OTMOOR                               10

E. C. DICKINSON (NON-COLL.)
A CHILD'S VOICE                      12
RIVER SONG                           14

E. R. DODDS (UNIVERSITY)
MEASURE                              15

C. J. DRUCE (NON-COLL.)
THE MEETING                          16

T. W. EARP (EXETER)
THE CANAL                            18
SOLITUDE                             19

U. ELLIS-FERMOR (SOMERVILLE)
SED MILES                            20

JOAN EVANS (ST. HUGH'S)
THE HAMADRYAD                        21

FLORA FORSTER (SOMERVILLE)
DUCKLINGTON                          22

L. GIELGUD (MAGDALEN)
SUMMER DEVILRY                       23

ROBERT GRAVES (ST. JOHN'S)
DOUBLE RED DAISIES                   24
DEAD COW FARM                        25

RUSSELL GREEN (QUEEN'S)
DE MUNDO                             26

MERCY HARVEY (ST. HILDA'S)
SONG                                 28

H. C. HARWOOD (BALLIOL)
CALL OF THE DEAD                     29
RETURN                               30

E. E. ST. L. HILL (KEBLE)
DIFFIDENCE                           32

A. L. HUXLEY (BALLIOL)
L'APRÈS-MIDI D'UN FAUNE              33

C. R. JURY (MAGDALEN)
LOVE                                 37
SONNET                               38

CHAMAN LALL (JESUS)
"THIRTY YEARS AFTER"                 39

M. LEIGH (SOMERVILLE)
TWO EPITAPHS                         41

E. H. W. MEYERSTEIN (MAGDALEN)
THE FINGER                           42
LONDON                               43

EVAN MORGAN (CHRIST CHURCH)
IN OLDEN DAYS                        45
A SERENADE                           46

F. ST. V. MORRIS (WADHAM)
LAST POEM                            47

ROBERT NICHOLS (TRINITY)
THE MAN OF HONOUR                    48

ELIZABETH RENDALL (HOME STUDENT)
MY SOUL IS AN INFANTA                50

D. L. SAYERS (SOMERVILLE)
FAIR EREMBOURS                       52

