Transcribed from the 1905 Longmans, Green and Co. edition byDavid Price,

NEW COLLECTED
RHYMES

BY
ANDREW LANG

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY

1905

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p.vPREFACE

This poor little flutter of rhymeswould not have been let down the wind: the project would havebeen abandoned but for the too flattering encouragement of aresponsible friend.  I trust that he may not “live torue the day,” like Keith of Craigentolly in the ballad.

The “Loyal Lyrics” on Charles and James and theWhite Rose must not be understood as implying a rebellious desirefor the subversion of the present illustrious dynasty.

“These are but symbols that I sing,
These names of Prince, and rose, and King;
Types of things dear that do not die,
But reign in loyal memory.
Across the water surely they
Abide their twenty-ninth of May;
And we shall hail their happy reign,
When Life comes to his own again,”—

over the water that divides us from the voices and faces ofour desires and dreams.

p. viOf theballads, The Young Ruthven and The Queen of Spainwere written in competition with the street minstrels of theclose of the sixteenth century.  The legend on which TheYoung Ruthven is based is well known; The Queen ofSpain is the story of the Florencia, a ship of theSpanish Armada, wrecked in Tobermory Bay, as it was told to me bya mariner in the Sound of Mull.  In Keith ofCraigentolly the family and territorial names of the hero orvillain are purposely altered, so as to avoid injuringsusceptibilities and arousing unavailing regrets.

p.viiCONTENTS

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