The Complete Poems by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By John Buchan

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• Release date: Jul 17, 2017
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John Buchan

John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist, born in Perth in 1875. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George’s Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940.

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The Complete Works of

JOHN BUCHAN

VOLUME 31 OF 38

The Complete Poems

Parts Edition

By Delphi Classics, 2013

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‘The Complete Poems’

John Buchan: Parts Edition (in 38 parts)

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JOHN BUCHAN

IN 38 VOLUMES

Parts Edition Contents

The Novels

1, Sir Quixote of the Moors

2, John Burnet of Barns

3, A Lost Lady of Old Years

4, The Half-Hearted

5, A Lodge in the Wilderness

6, Prester John

7, The Power-House

8, The Thirty-Nine Steps

9, Salute to Adventurers

10, Greenmantle

11, Mr Standfast

12, The Path of a King

13, Huntingtower

14, Midwinter

15, The Three Hostages

16, John Macnab

17,  the Goddess from the Shades

18, Witch Wood

19, The Magic Walking-Stick

20, The Courts of the Morning

21, Castle Gay

22, The Blanket of the Dark

23,  the Gap in the Curtain

24, A Prince of the Captivity

25, The Free Fishers

26, The House of the Four Winds

27, The Island of Sheep

28, Sick Heart River

29, The Long Traverse

The Short Stories

30, The Complete Short Stories

The Poetry

31, The Complete Poems

Selected Non-Fiction

32, The African Colony

33, A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys

34, Lord Minto: A Memoir

35, Montrose: A History

36, Sir Walter Scott

37, The King’s Grace

The Autobiography

38, Memory Hold-The-Door

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The Complete Poems

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

A New Year’s Hymn

The Piper

The Autumn of the World

An Old Flower Garden

An Evening by the Sea

The Happy Valley

Plato

Marcus Aurelius

Hereafter

On a Portrait of the Hon. Mrs Graham by Gainsborough

The Dead Scholar

The Orchard

Erinna

Spring and Death

Trioleto

In Glen Eaisdale

A Moorland Ballade

On a Certain Affected Obscurity of Style

Autumn

An Autumn Picture

The Snow Queen

The Norus

Death

Kyrielle

Giordano Bruno

The Song of all Seasons

The Ballad of Gideon Scott

The Strong Man Armed

Antiphilus of Byzantium

Princess of the Shining Eyes (1895/1899)

To Master Izaak Walton

A Journey of Little Profit

Gibraltar

John Burnet of Barns

To the Adventurous Spirit of the North

From the Pentlands Looking North and South

The Pilgrim Fathers

Ballad for Grey Weather

Lady Keith’s Lament

The Gipsy’s Song to the Lady Cassilis

The Soldier of Fortune

The Last Song of Oisin

The Semitic Spirit Speaks (1902/1903)

Midian’s Evil Day’

The Song of the Sea Captain

A Lodge in the Wilderness

Youth

The Spirit Of Art

Youth II

The Spirit of Art II

Babylon

Processional

The Herd of Farawa

To Lionel Phillips

Avignon, 1759

Wood Magic

Atta’s Song

An Echo of Meleager

Stocks and Stones

The Wise Years

Sir Walter Raleigh

The Shorter Catechism

Fratri Dilectissimo

In Peebles Churchyard

The Eternal Feminine

Plain Folk

Thyrsis de nos jours

To Sir Reginald Talbot

Ordeal by Marriage

Envoi.

The South Countrie

The Kirn

Gidden’s Song

Jock’s Song

The Fishers

Sweet Argos

On Leave

The Great Ones

Fisher Jamie

The ‘Lusitania’ Waits

Wireless

Alastair Buchan

The Kirk Bell

Home Thoughts From Abroad

Fragment of an Ode in Praise

The Return

To Vernon Watney

Sandy to Alasdair

Ferris Greenslet

Oxford Prologizes

The Magic Walking Stick

The Blessed Isles

The Forerunners

The Old Love

Cadieux

Chansons

Horse or Gun?

Things to Remember

Qu’appelle?

The Foot-Traveller

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

A Journey of Little Profit

A Lodge in the Wilderness

A Moorland Ballade

A New Year’s Hymn

Alastair Buchan

An Autumn Picture

An Echo of Meleager

An Evening by the Sea

An Old Flower Garden

Antiphilus of Byzantium

Atta’s Song

Autumn

Avignon, 1759

Babylon

Ballad for Grey Weather

Cadieux

Chansons

Death

Envoi.

Erinna

Ferris Greenslet

Fisher Jamie

Fragment of an Ode in Praise

Fratri Dilectissimo

From the Pentlands Looking North and South

Gibraltar

Gidden’s Song

Giordano Bruno

Hereafter

Home Thoughts From Abroad

Horse or Gun?

In Glen Eaisdale

In Peebles Churchyard

Jock’s Song

John Burnet of Barns

Kyrielle

Lady Keith’s Lament

Marcus Aurelius

Midian’s Evil Day’

On a Certain Affected Obscurity of Style

On a Portrait of the Hon. Mrs Graham by Gainsborough

On Leave

Ordeal by Marriage

Oxford Prologizes

Plain Folk

Plato

Princess of the Shining Eyes (1895/1899)

Processional

Qu’appelle?

Sandy to Alasdair

Sir Walter Raleigh

Spring and Death

Stocks and Stones

Sweet Argos

The ‘Lusitania’ Waits

The Autumn of the World

The Ballad of Gideon Scott

The Blessed Isles

The Dead Scholar

The Eternal Feminine

The Fishers

The Foot-Traveller

The Forerunners

The Gipsy’s Song to the Lady Cassilis

The Great Ones

The Happy Valley

The Herd of Farawa

The Kirk Bell

The Kirn

The Last Song of Oisin

The Magic Walking Stick

The Norus

The Old Love

The Orchard

The Pilgrim Fathers

The Piper

The Return

The Semitic Spirit Speaks (1902/1903)

The Shorter Catechism

The Snow Queen

The Soldier of Fortune

The Song of all Seasons

The Song of the Sea Captain

The South Countrie

The Spirit Of Art

The Spirit of Art II

The Strong Man Armed

The Wise Years

Things to Remember

Thyrsis de nos jours

To Lionel Phillips

To Master Izaak Walton

To Sir Reginald Talbot

To the Adventurous Spirit of the North

To Vernon Watney

Trioleto

Wireless

Wood Magic

Youth

Youth II

A New Year’s Hymn

1887

To Thee, Our God and Friend,

We raise our hymn to-day;

Oh, guard and guide us from above

Along life’s troubled way.

A year has passed away,

Another has begun;

Oh, keep us safely by Thy power,

Until life’s race is run.

Our hope is stayed in Thee,

No other friend so near;

Thou art a very present help

To such as do Thee fear.

Oh, make us, Lord, to walk

Within the narrow way;

Give unto us Thy saving grace,

That we may never stray.

The mercies, Lord, are great

Which Thou to us hast given;

They meet us at each turn in life,

To lead us on to heaven.

Like to the morning mist,

Earth’s glory soon shall die;

Oh, lead us onward till we reach

Our happy home on high.

By a Scholar

The Piper

I

Where has the Piper gone to-day?

Does he still linger at our sides?

Or does he sojourn far away

In other lands by other tides?

Forsooth I think he is not far,

In mart and lane and crowded street:

Amid the traffic’s roar and jar

We hear the tripping of his feet.

II

He passes through the stately hall

Where strong-browed sage in council sits,

At junketing and carnival

Amid the throng his shadow flits.

He plays amid the cloisters dim,

To men of woe and men of laughter,

And whether it be catch or hymn

They lightly rise and follow after.

III

He plays to lad, he plays to lass,

To youth, to those whose years are riper,

To maiden smirking at the glass,

This whimsical and curious Piper.

To weary men at desk or loom

He pipes of field and bowery hollow.

They bid adieu to dusty room,

And set them out and onward follow.

IV

And to poor poets he has played,

And unto them his note is kind;

For they like him have somewhat strayed;

They are according to his mind.

He leads them out by dale and hill,

Green country lane and flower-clad mead in,

To where they wander at their will

And find a new and better Eden.

To some he pipes a noble tune

Of lordlier lands across the sea,

Of coral coast and still lagoon,

Of heath and hill and desert free.

And as they rise with dauntless soul

And haste to do his high behest,

And riding as the seasons roll

They proudly pass from East to West.

VI

To all at last the Piper plays

With eldrich guise and mournful song;

To men he brings the end of days

And they must haste and march along.

To some his tune is dim and sad,

To others fraught with happy wonder.

To maid and hag, to sage and lad

He pipes his tune and plays them under.

VII

So if you hear at even tide

Or when the mom is freshly risen,

By woodland path or riverside

Or in the city’s dismal prison,

A sound so quaint and queer and high,

A mingling strange of grief and laughter,

Then know the Piper passes by,

So get you out and follow after.

The Autumn of the World

I

The Spring was bright and shining as a flower;

More green the grass than any green before.

The woodlands dripping with the fallen shower

Shone like great jewels; and, when as of yore

The year had passed the Summer’s dusky door,

Strange colours richer than the Orient dyes

Dwelt in the tulips and the roses’ store,

And weird lights passed at even and sunrise

O’er the translucent blue of the fair Summer skies.

II

The Autumn came; the yellow-headed stalks

Bent in the wheatlands with their weight of com;

The apples hanging o’er the orchard walks,

The peaches rosy with the flush of mom,

The russet pears, the wild-fruits on the thorn,

Were larger, riper, than in elder years;

The great red berries which the rose adorn,

And the soft apricot the south-wall rears

Shone like a young maid’s face when her true love appears.

III

Yet when the harvest sheaves were gathered in,

And when men sought to crush the golden grain,

No need was there for flail or threshing din,

The husk was empty; nought did there remain.

Then loud the grieving o’er the fruitful plain,

For every fruit so fresh and fair of hue

But dust and ashes did within contain;

Nor any food was found the whole world through,

Then fell on every man harsh pain and bitter rue.

IV

Meantime strange sounds were borne along the air,

Now of men singing, now the cry of woe,