remarkably wise and clear commentary upon those confused and
troublous days of post-war reconstruction. H. C.


CONTENTS

Introductory Note

John Marr And Other Poems
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
BRIDEGROOM DICK
TOM DEADLIGHT
JACK ROY

Sea Pieces
THE HAGLETS
THE AEOLIAN HARP
TO THE MASTER OF THE "METEOR"
FAR OFF SHORE
THE MAN-OF-WAR HAWK
THE FIGURE-HEAD
THE GOOD CRAFT "SNOW BIRD"
OLD COUNSEL
THE TUFT OF KELP
THE MALDIVE SHARK
TO NED
CROSSING THE TROPICS
THE BERG
THE ENVIABLE ISLES
PEBBLES