The Subject Index covers all the poems published by HDR in his poetry books as well as the many individual poems found in newspapers, journals and the Crosthwaite Parish Magazine. It also includes numerous unpublished poems from the Rawnsley Archives.
Varallo (Italy)
The Monte Sacro at Varallo, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 63.
Varese (Italy)
At the Chapel of the Annunciation, Sacro Monte, Varese, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 72.
Evening at Sacro Monte, Varese, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 73.
Venizelos, E. K.
To Venizelos, Carlisle Journal, 13 October 1916, p. 8.
Venus
Jupiter and Venus, March, 1905, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, April 1905; A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 69; Poems at Home and Abroad, 1909, p. 107.
Vernede, Robert Ernest
In Memoriam. Robert Ernest Vernede, Rifle Brigade, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
Victor, Albert (Prince, Duke of Clarence)
The Crown of Thorns, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, January 20th, 1892, Pall Mall Gazette, Literary Supplement, 28 January 1892; Reading Mercury, 30 January 1892, p. 2; Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, March 1892; Valete: Tennyson and Other Poems, 1893, p. 50.
The Dead Prince, Jan. 14, 1892, Pall Mall Gazette, 15 January 1892, p. 1; Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, February 1892; Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 49.
Victor, Christian (Prince)
At a Soldier-Prince’s Funeral, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 200-201.
Victoria, Princess Royal
A Brave Empress, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 43.
Victoria, Queen
1887, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, January 1887.
A Jubilee Hymn, Scottish Church, April 1887; English Lakes Visitor and Keswick Guardian, 9 April 1887, p. 5; Christian World Pulpit, 31 (25 May 1887), p. 335.
Across the Flood, Penrith Observer, 5 February 1901, p. 7; A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 15.
Children’s Jubilee Hymn, Christian World Pulpit, 31 (8 June 1887), p. 367.
Hymn for the Advent of the Jubilee Year of Queen Victoria, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, July 1886.
Hymn in Grateful and Loyal Memory of Her Most Gracious Majesty, The Queen – Hymn 1, (Carlisle Archives, PR/120/125).
Hymn in Grateful and Loyal Memory of Her Most Gracious Majesty, The Queen – Hymn 2, (Carlisle Archives, PR/120/125).
In Memoriam, V.R.I., Lancashire Evening Post, 24 January 1901, p. 4.
In Memoriam: V.R.I., A Voice From the Colonies, (Rawnsley Archives RR/3/1 – view full text).
In Memory of September 23, 1896, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, October 1896.
Jubilee Bonfires—Prospect, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, September 1887.
Jubilee Bonfires—Retrospect, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, September 1887.
Love in Death, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 13.
‘Now let the stars from heaven to earth be shed’, West Cumberland Times, 19 June 1897, p. 6.
Ode of Congratulation to Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Victoria on Her Diamond Jubilee from the Women of England, (Rawnsley Archives RR/3/1 – view full text).
The Harvest of Love, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 16.
The Jubilee—A Retrospect, Aberdeen Press and Journal, 16 April 1887, p. 8; Pall Mall Gazette, April 1887; Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, June 1887.
The Mother of Her People, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 21.
The Passing of the Queen, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 11.
The Queen at Netley, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, p. 131.
The Queen to Lady Roberts, With the Victoria Cross, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, p. 78.
The Queen’s Memorial. Plea for a National Valhalla, Lowestoft Journal, 9 March 1901, p. 8.
The Royal Buck-Hounds: A Deputation to Windsor, Nature Notes, 8 (January 1897), p. 11.
The Sorrow of the Fleet, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 14.
The Way of Peace, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 18.
To a Dumb Mourner, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 12.
To the Queen, Ballads of the War, 1902, pp. 218-219.
To Victoria: A Birthday Greeting, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, June 1899.
Vikings
The Death of Olaf the Dane – Sunset Beyond the Isle of Man, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 85.
Villars (Switzerland)
The Morning Play at Villars, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 158.
Von Dollinger, Johann Josef
Dr. Dollinger, January 10th, 1890, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 113.
Von Moltke, Helmuth the Elder
Field Marshall von Moltke, April 24th, 1891, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 65.
Von Strattlingen, Heinrich
The Tombstone of Heinrich von Strattlingen, the Bard, in the Bächihölzi, Thun, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 126.
Von Winkelried
Arnold von Winkelried, at Stanz, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 34.
At Stanz, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 33.
Wada, Duke
The Giant of Mulgrave Dale, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 156.
Wagtails
The Wagtail, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 55.
Wainfleet, William
William of Wainfleet, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 215.
Wakefield, Mary Augusta
The Northern Nightingale. On Hearing a Ballad Sung in the North Country Dialect by Miss Wakefield, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 109.
To Mary Wakefield, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 20.
Wales
A Retrospect from Mawddach Crag, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 68.
At Barmouth, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 64.
Barmouth Bridge, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 69.
Barmouth Shore, a Walk to Llanaber, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 67.
Bronwyn the Fair, Harlech, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 73.
Cottages of St. George, Barmouth, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 70.
Harlech, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 72.
Low Tide in the Estuary, Barmouth, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 66.
The Abermaw, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 65.
The Buried City of Cardigan Bay, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 74.
The Haunted Oak of Nannau, Pall Mall Magazine, 3 (July 1894), pp. 353-361.
The Seasonless Ocean, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 63.
The Torrent Walk, Dolgelly, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 71.
Walker, Henry
To My Friends, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker, On Their Diamond Wedding Day, June 7th, 1909, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, July 1909.
Walker, Mary
‘Humble of heart, and unto all a friend’, English Lakes Visitor and Keswick Guardian, 22 October 1892, p. 5.
Hymn in Memory of Mary Walker, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, November 1892.
Walker, Robert
Conscience the Founder, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, August 1912.
Walker, William
A Cumberland Miner’s Story, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 78-82.
Walls, Minnie
Minnie: Died 25 July 1877, Buried at Welton, , 31 July, Aged 19 Years, (Rawnsley Archives RR/1/7 – view full text).
Walton, Miss
‘I am the mistress of the post’, Manchester Times, 30 March 1900, p. 14.; Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, p. 165.
Wansfell
Moon-Rise Over Wansfell, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 92.
War see Boer War; Conflicts and Battles; War Heroes; World War 1
War Heroes (Pre-WW1)
A Crosthwaite Hero in Matabele Land, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 25-27.
A Gallant Midshipman, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 36-38.
A Hero of Belmont, English Lakes Visitor and Keswick Guardian, 2 December 1899, p. 5; Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 33-34.
A Hero of Spion Kop, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 108-112.
An Estcourt Hero, South Wales Echo, 21 November 1899, p. 2; Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, p. 32.
At Caesar’s Camp, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, p. 93.
At the Burial of General Wauchope, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 52-56.
At the Grave of Major Scott Turner, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 42-43.
Bible v. Bullet, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 39-40.
Brave Beresford, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 17-19.
Captain Baird, In Memoriam, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 23-24.
Carbineers to the Rescue, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 47-50.
Commander Wyatt Rawson, September 13th, 1882, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 55.
Edith Cavell. Oct. 13th, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
Fletcher’s Fight, a Ballad of Nyasa Land, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 131-134.
General Gordon, January 26th, 1885, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 56.
Harley’s Eight, A Ballad of Chitral—April 16, 1895, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 127-130.
Heroes of Chitral, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 20-22.
Hosan the Faithful, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 140-142.
How They Saved the Wagon Bridge at Bethulie, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 161-164.
In a Battery, Captain Peel, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 4-9.
In Honour of Abraham Esau, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 7.
In Honour of Frederick Greville Egerton, Gunnery-Lieutenant, H.M.S. “Powerful”, Ladysmith, November 2, 1899, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 22-25.
In Memory of Flight-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford, V.C., Legion of Honour, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
In Memory of John Travers Cornwell. First Class Boy of H.M.S. ‘Chester’, The Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
In Memory of Lieutenant Cecil Arbuthnot White, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 86-90.
In Memory of the Late Earl of Ava, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, p. 85.
Jacob’s Well. An Incident in the Skirmish of Doornkop, Transvaal, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 138-139.
Light in the Darkness: In Honour of Captain E. B. Towse, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 174-177.
Michael Hardy, Before the Redan—June 18, 1854, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 1-3.
“On, Lads, On!”, London Daily News, 14 April 1898, p. 2.
The Drummer Boy of the Malakand Pass, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 124-126.
The Hero-Corporal of Ontario, Thiepval, Sept, 30, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
The Warriors’ Death-Song, Wilson’s Last Stand, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 13-16.
To Major E. J. Phipps-Hornby, V.C., of Battery “Q”, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 168-169.
To the Hero of Kimberley, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 122-125.
To Winston Churchill, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 28-31.
War Heroes (WW1)
A Brave Doctor. In Honour of Dr. D. C. Turnbull, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 31 March 1915, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 184-185.
A French Hero, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 126-127.
A Scottish V.C., Scotsman, 23 August 1915, p. 11; Carlisle Journal, 24 August 1915, p. 6.
Captain A. Noel Loxley, H.M.S. “Formidable”, January 1st 1915, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 150-151.
Captain Mark Haggard, September 14th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 79.
Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, V.C., R.A.M.C., Died of Wounds in France, August, 1917, Liverpool Echo, 15 August 1917, p. 3.
Commander Edward Unwin, R.N., V.C., H.M.S. River Clyde, The Dardanelles, April 25, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
How George Wilson Won the Victoria Cross, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 74-77.
How Lieutenant Leach and Sergeant Hogan Won the Victoria Cross, October 28th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 191-192.
How Piper Laidlaw Won the Victoria Cross, Loos, September, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
In Face of Death, Sept. 25th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 89-90.
In Honour of Battery L, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 72-73.
In Honour of Lieutenant-Commander H. de P. Rennick, T.P.’s Journal of Great Deeds of the Great War, 2 (January 1915), p. 59; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 87-88.
In Honour of Private James Miller, V.C., Lancashire Evening Post, 14 September 1916, p. 4.
In Memoriam: Captain Andrew Ferguson Chance, Carlisle Journal, 12 October 1915, p. 6.
In Memoriam: 2nd Lieutenant G. B. F. Monk, Royal Warwicks, Near La Bassée, December 18th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 189-190.
In Memoriam. Major M. P. Buckle, D.S.O., October 27th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 116.
In Memory of Rev. T. B. Hardy V.C., DSO., MC., Chaplain to the King, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
In Praise of Havildar Ganga Singh, V.C., European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 107-108.
Khudadad Khan, V.C., European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 119-120.
Lieutenant Forshaw’s Gallant Deed, Carlisle Journal, 29 October 1915, p. 8.
Major McCudden, V.C., DSO, Mc, MM, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
Michael O’Leary and How He Won the Victoria Cross, February 1st, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 177-179.
Rhodes-Moorhouse, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 212-214.
Take Me Home, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 204-206.
The Ballad of the Violet May, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
The Martyrdom of Father Dergent, Aerschott, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 46-47.
The “Vindictive’s” Grave, Ostend, May 9-10, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
To a German Hero, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 128.
To Captain F. C. Grenfell, 9th Lancers, Le Cateau, August 31st, 1914, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 10 September 1914, p. 4; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 70.
To Flight Sub-Lieutenant R. A J. Warneford V.C. June 7th 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
To General Leman, the Defender of Liege, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 44.
To Lieutenant Holbrook and His Gallant Crew of Submarine B11, December 13th, T.P.’s Journal of Great Deeds of the Great War, 2 (13 February 1915), p. 124; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 135.
To Naik Darwan Sing Negi, V.C., 1st Battalion 39th Garhwalis, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 113-114.
‘When this wild storm of war is overblown’, Burnley News, 22 March 1916, p. 6.
Warblers
The Chiff-Chaff, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 70.
The Garden Warbler, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
The Garden-Warbler, The Parents’ Review, XXIX (July 1918), p. 504.
The Warbler’s Song, Grindelwald, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 107.
Willow-Warbler, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 22.
Ward, James Clifton
Geologist’s Funeral: In Memoriam J. Clifton Ward, Buried at Keswick, April 20th, 1880, Sonnets at the English Lakes, p. 23.
Warkworth
Warkworth Castle Hill, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 124.
Warneford, Reginald Alexander John
In Memory of Flight-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford, V.C., Legion of Honour, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
To Flight Sub-Lieutenant R. A J. Warneford V.C. June 7th 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
Warsett Brow (Yorkshire)
From Warsett Brow, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 143.
Water Lifting
The Sakȋyeh at the Fountain of the Sun, Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 19-20.
The Shadûf-Man, Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 73-74.
Water-Carriers (Hope), Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 77-78.
Water-Carriers (Joy), Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, p. 79.
Water-Carriers (Sorrow), Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 80-81.
Water Lilies
The Falls of the Reichenbach, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 83.
Water-Lilies in Pullwyke Bay, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 12.
Waterfalls
Shooting the Cataract, Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 142-144.
Watts, George Frederic
At the Unveiling of the Tennyson Statue, Lincoln, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 75.
Death, the Angel Friend, In Memoriam—G. F. Watts, R.A., July 1, 1904, Century, 69 (February 1905), p. 576; A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 59.
Four Portraits of the Painter, at the Watts’ Exhibition, 1905, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 68.
The Altar of Fashion: A Picture by G. F. Watts, R.A., Nature Notes, 9 (May 1898), p. 81.
To G. F. Watts, R.A., On His 87th Birthday, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 52.
To My Friends at Limnerslease: G.J. and Mrs Watts. On the Ninth Anniversary of Their Wedding-Day, Nov. 20th 1898, (Rawnsley Archives RR/3/1 – view full text).
Wauchope, Andrew (Major-General)
At the Burial of General Wauchope, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 52-56.
Waye, John
The Falling Star. Brave John Waye, the Overman, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 40-43.
Wengen (Switzerland)
The Rainbow Fields of Wengen, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 100.
The Wengen Thrush, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 99.
West, Harry
‘There is glory now by Anker stream’, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 4 May 1904, p. 7; Tamworth Herald, 7 May 1904, p. 8; Northampton Mercury, 13 May 1904, p. 6.
Westcott, Brooke Foss (Bishop)
In Memory of Bishop Westcott, Northern Counties Magazine, 2 (September 1901), p. 402.
Westminster, 1st Duke of see Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus
Westminster
The Memorial Shrine, Westminster, Sphere, 26 April 1919, p. 24.
Westminster Abbey
Unveiling of the Rose-Window, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 35.
Westmoreland
A Westmoreland Song, Poems at Home and Abroad, 1909, pp. 98-99.
Home Memories, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 56.
The Westmoreland Emigrant, Poems at Home and Abroad, 1909, pp. 100-101.
Whales
‘A wasted life is like a wreck that lies’, (Rawnsley Archives RR/1/7 – view full text).
Whitby
A Contrast: Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 167.
A Memory of Caedmon, Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 168.
A Sunset at Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 170.
After the Herrings, Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 173.
At Whitby Abbey, December 16th, Carlisle Journal, 22 December 1914, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 144.
By the Esk at Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 166.
Drowned by the Upsetting of the Life-Boat, October 6, 1841. A Hero’s Grave in Whitby Churchyard, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 185.
Farewell to Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 186.
Herrings Fine!, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 174.
In the Upper Harbour, Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 175.
Lights on Whitby Church Stairs, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 178.
On the Harbour Pier, Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 177.
Saint Hilda, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 165.
Saint Hilda’s Lights, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 179.
Service in the Old Parish Church, Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 184.
Six O’clock Bell, Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 181.
Sunrise at Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 169.
Sunset Lights on the Windows of Saint Mary’s Church, Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 180.
The Bell Buoy at the Harbour Mouth, Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 176.
The Enchanted Castle Between Saltburn and Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 144.
The Jet Worker, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 182.
The Penny Hedge, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 187.
The Sorrow of the Sea, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 163.
The Whitby Bells, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 183.
Whitby, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 164.
Whitby Abbey, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 171.
Whitby Abbey: A Memory of the Synod 664, with its Settlement of the Easter Controversy, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 172.
Whitchurch, Henry Frederick
Heroes of Chitral, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 20-22.
White, Cecil Arbuthnot
In Memory of Lieutenant Cecil Arbuthnot White, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 86-90.
White, George Stuart
To General Sir George White, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 140-141.
White Moss, Cumbria
The Cave at White Moss, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 103.
Whitehead, Frank
The Mate of the “Norham Castle”, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 94-98.
Whitehouse, Thomas
A Lincolnshire Hero, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 135-137.
Whitman, Walt
Walt Whitman, March 26th, 1892, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 105.
Whittier, John Greenleaf
John Greenleaf Whittier, Dial, 15 (1 November 1893), p. 267; Critic, 21 (23 June 1894), p. 422; Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 106.
Whitworth Hall (Manchester)
Owens College Jubilee, the Opening of the Whitworth Hall, March 12, 1902, St. James’s Gazette, 12 March 1902, p. 10.
Wilhelm I
Emperor William I On His Ninetieth Birthday, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 40.
Mourners Absent from the Kaiser’s Funeral, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 45.
The Dying Kaiser, March 8th, 1888, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 41.
The Kaiser at Peace, March 9th, 1888, Valete: Tennyson and Other Memorial Poems, 1893, p. 42.
To the Churches in Germany and Lovers of the Fatherland: A Funeral Hymn for the Emperor, Christian World Pulpit, 33 (21 March 1888), p. 183.
Wilhelm II
A Day of Kings, (Rawnsley Archives RR/3/1 – view full text).
A Welcome to the Kaiser at Dunmail Riase, Penrith Observer, 20 August 1895, p. 5; Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, September 1895.
The Kaiser’s Letter to His Chancellor, Oct. 31, 1916, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 19 January 1917, p. 4.
To the Kaiser, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 17.
To the Kaiser, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 22.
Williams, William
The Wreck of the “Ocean Queen”. To the Heroes of Colwyn Bay—Nov. 7, 1890, MacMillan’s Magazine, 63 (January 1891), pp. 189-91; Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 103-109.
Williams-Freeman, Frederick Arthur Peere
In Face of Death, Sept. 25th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 89-90.
Wilmut, Mr.
An Incident of the Floods in Picton Street, Western Daily Press, 11 December 1894, p. 5; Mid Sussex Times, 18 December 1894, p. 2; Bognor Regis Observer, 19 December 1894, p. 7.
Wilson, Allan
The Warriors’ Death-Song, Wilson’s Last Stand, Ballads of Brave Deeds, 1896, pp. 13-16.
Wilson, Annie
Hymn on the Death of Annie Wilson, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, August 1896.
Wilson, Edward Adrian
In Memory of Dr. E. A. Wilson, Naturalist to the Scott Antarctic Expedition, March 29th, 1912, British Review, April 1913, p. 82.
To the Heroes of the Terra Nova, British Review, April 1913, p. 80.
Wilson, George
How George Wilson Won the Victoria Cross, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 74-77.
Wilson, Harold Alfred Cobbe
A Hero of Spion Kop, Ballads of the War, 2nd edition, 1902, pp. 108-112.
Wilson, William
In Memory of William Wilson, Keswick Hotel, 8th Oct., 1900, English Lakes Visitor and Keswick Guardian, 13 October 1900, p. 5; Cumberland and Westmorland Herald, 13 October 1900, p. 5.
Wilson, Woodrow
In Memory of President Wilson’s Speech in Congress, Feb. 3rd, 1917, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 -view full text).
Winchester Cathedral
Conscience the Founder, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, August 1912.
Wind
At Muncaster, After the Gale of December 11, 1883, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 84.
East Wind in Spring, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 44.
The Fohn-Wind, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 40.
The Wooing of the North Wind: Its Beginning and End, Uppingham School Magazine, June 1870, pp. 147-157.
To the West Wind, from Clifton Down, (Rawnsley Archives RR/1/7 – view full text).
Windermere see also Lakes; Rivers
The White Cross on Windermere, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 76.
Water-Lilies in Pullwyke Bay, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 12.
Windermere—Autumn, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 4.
Winter
Early Death, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 71.
Early Snow, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 33.
Resurrection, or Lake Mists on a Winter Morn, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 68.
The Seasons, Poems at Home and Abroad, 1909, pp. 33-35.
The Winter Steam-Boat, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 60.
Up Nab Scar, from Rydal Mount, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 75.
Winter Sunrise on the Fells, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 20.
Wishart, George
George Wishart, Martyred at Saint Andrews March 1, 1545, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 114.
Witches see Superstitions
Woods
In Glaisdale Wood, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 193.
Wordsworth, William
A Day of Kings, (Rawnsley Archives RR/3/1 – view full text).
A Tree Planted by William Wordsworth at Wray Castle, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 51.
At Mablethorpe: An Episode in the Publication of the “Poems by Two Brothers,” Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 218.
At Wordsworth’s Grave, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 219.
Hawkshead from Furness Fells, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 91.
On Seeing a Telegraph Wire and Pillar-Post Below Wordsworth’s House, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 35.
St. George’s Day, April 23rd, 1900, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, May 1900; A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 4.
Up Nab Scar, from Rydal Mount, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 75.
Wordsworth’s Seat, Rydal, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 9.
Wordsworth’s Tomb, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 62.
Working Men and Women see also Strikes
All for Each and Each for All, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
Blencathra Sanatorium: The Cry of the Poor Consumptives, Carlisle Journal, 1 May 1903, p. 5; Dundee Evening Telegraph, 19 October 1903, p. 3.
Games for Working Men. A Plea, A Book of Bristol Sonnets, 1877, p. 93.
In the Fields of Mȋt-Rahȋneh, Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, p. 53.
Munition Girls, Carlisle Journal, 25 December 1917, p. 2.
Night Watchers, Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 66-68.
On the Quay: the Lumper, or Corn-Runner, A Book of Bristol Sonnets, 1877, p. 97.
Street Cries (In Cairo), Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 11-13.
The Jet Worker, Sonnets Round the Coast, 1887, p. 182.
The Munition Workers, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
The Shadûf-Man, Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 73-74.
The Way of Freedom, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 24 August 1911, p. 6; Wigton Advertise, 26 August 1911, p. 5.
The Workhouse Nurse, Carlisle Patriot, 3 December 1897, p. 6; Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, December 1897.
Water-Carriers (Hope), Idylls and Lyrics of the Nile, 1894, pp. 77-78.
Wills’ Manufactory, Redcliffe Street, the Portrait Gallery of Old Servants In, A Book of Bristol Sonnets, 1877, p. 96.
Written for the Opening of the “Victoria” Working Men’s Reading Room, Keswick, November 28th, 1896, Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, December 1896.
World War 1 (1914)
A Battle Call, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 23-25.
A Call to Arms, Carlisle Journal, 8 September 1914, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 30.
A Cumberland War Song, Millom Gazette, 18 September 1914, p. 7; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 52-53.
A French Hero, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 126-127.
A French Mother’s Message, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 96.
A Gallant Rescue, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 130-131.
A Hymn in Time of War, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 55.
A Marching Song, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 37-38.
A Modern Horatius, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 85-86.
A Mother’s Last Farewell, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 133.
A Nameless Hero of the Lancashire Fusiliers, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 80-81.
A Prayer for Peace, Westminster Gazette, 4 August 1914, p. 2; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 17; Songs and Sonnets for England in War-Time: Being a Collection of Lyrics by Various Authors Inspired by the Great War, 1914.
A Prayer for Recruits, Hull Daily Mail, 12 September 1914, p. 3. [Prose]
A Prisoner At Dunnabeck, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 97.
A Reverie, August 23rd, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 57.
A Vesper Hymn, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 56.
All Saints’ Day, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 121.
An Incident in the Trenches, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 102-103.
An Invitation and a Refusal, Antwerp, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 109-110.
Antwerp, October 9th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 106.
At a Soldier’s Grave, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 134.
At the Newbolt Dinner, Lyceum Club, Feb. 23rd, 1914, (Cumbria Archives, WDCAT3, Box 3).
At Whitby Abbey, December 16th, Carlisle Journal, 22 December 1914, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 144.
Belgium, Times, 7 November 1914, p. 9; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 101.
Captain Mark Haggard, September 14th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 79.
Christmas Cheer for the Trenches, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 147.
Crucified Belgium, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 104.
Field-Marshall Lord Roberts, V.C. In Memoriam, November 14th, Manchester Evening News, 17 November 1914, p. 7; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 122.
General Joffre, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 111.
God Save the King! European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 71.
‘Hark to the moaning of the Northern Sea’, Times, 26 September 1914, p. 9.
Help From the Stars, August 27th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 60.
How George Wilson Won the Victoria Cross, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 74-77.
How Lieutenant Leach and Sergeant Hogan Won the Victoria Cross, October 28th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 191-192.
In a Churchyard at Liege, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 42-43.
In Face of Death, Sept. 25th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 89-90.
In Honour of Battery L, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 72-73.
In Honour of Lieutenant-Commander H. de P. Rennick, T.P.’s Journal of Great Deeds of the Great War, 2 (January 1915), p. 59; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 87-88.
In Memoriam: 2nd Lieutenant G. B. F. Monk, Royal Warwicks, Near La Bassée, December 18th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 189-190.
In Memoriam. Major M. P. Buckle, D.S.O., October 27th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 116.
In Praise of Havildar Ganga Singh, V.C., European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 107-108.
In Praise of Submarine E4, August 27th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 63-64.
In Trafalgar Square, October 21st, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 115.
India’s Gift, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 92.
Khudadad Khan, V.C., European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 119-120.
Life Beyond Death, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 137.
Lord Roberts, Home-going, Ascot, November 17th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 123.
Loss of H.M.S. “Bulwark”, Sheerness, November 26th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 125.
Louvain, August 25th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 50.
Love the Conqueror, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 91.
Michaelmas Day, Grasmere, September 29th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 93.
Mountain Calm and Man’s Unrest, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 36.
Mud in Flanders, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 145.
Night and Day, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 21.
Off to the War, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 48-49.
On Saint Oswald’s Day, August 5th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 34-35.
Rheims Cathedral, September 20th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 78.
Sister Julie, Gerbévillier, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 105.
St. Paul’s, November 19th, Westminster Gazette, 19 November 1914, p. 2; Carlisle Journal, 24 November 1914, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 124.
Sunshine and War, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 31.
The Battle of the Bight, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 66-68.
The Bridge-Breakers, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 83-84.
The Chancellor’s Speech in the Reichstag, December 2nd, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 139.
The Child and the War, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 29.
The Christmas Bells, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 146.
The Crime of Wittenberg, 1914, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1914 – view full text).
The Dawn, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1914 – view full text).
The Day of Intercession, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 54.
The German Raid, Scarborough, December 16th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 143.
The “Gneisenau”, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 142.
The Greater Love, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 140.
The Gunners’ Farewell, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 95.
The King in France, November 30th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 129.
The Lad Who Ran From Home, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 39-40.
The Landing of the Queen of the Belgians, December 2nd, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 141.
The List of Casualties, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 65.
The Martyrdom of Father Dergent, Aerschott, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 46-47.
The Massacres in the Province of Namur, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 61.
The New Evangelists, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 26.
The Sorrow of the Northern Sea, September 22nd, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 82.
The Turk of West and East, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 138.
To a City Bereaved, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 136.
To a German Hero, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 128.
To Captain F. C. Grenfell, 9th Lancers, Le Cateau, August 31st, 1914, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 10 September 1914, p. 4; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 70.
To General Leman, the Defender of Liege, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 44.
To Great Britain, English Review, 18 (November 1914), p. 403; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 19-20.
To Lieutenant Holbrook and His Gallant Crew of Submarine B11, December 13th, T.P.’s Journal of Great Deeds of the Great War, 2 (13 February 1915), p. 124; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 135.
To Lord Roberts, On His 82nd Birthday, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 94.
To Max, Burgomaster of Brussels, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 100.
To Naik Darwan Sing Negi, V.C., 1st Battalion 39th Garhwalis, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 113-114.
To Sir Edward Grey, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 18.
To the 4th Battalion Border Regiment, A Farewell, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 117.
To the 4th Battalion Border Regiment, On Their Sailing for Burmah, October 29th, Penrith Observer, 10 November 1914, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 118.
To the Football Player, An Appeal, Westminster Gazette, 30 November 1914, p. 2; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 132.
To the Gallant Gunners of Liege, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 41.
To the Heroes of Mons, August 23rd, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 58-59.
To the Heroes of the Northern Sea, Westminster Gazette, 19 September 1914, p. 2; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 62.
To the Kaiser, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 22.
To the 9th Lancers, August 31st, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 69.
To the Men of H.M.S. “Hawke”, October 17th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 112.
To the Officer in Command at Aerschott, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 45.
War and Love, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 148-149.
What the Sergeant Said, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 98-99.
What’s In a Name?, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 51.
“Your Country Needs You—Come!”, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 27-28.
World War 1 (1915)
A Brave Doctor. In Honour of Dr. D. C. Turnbull, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 31 March 1915, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 184-185.
A Contrast, British Review, 9 (January 1915), p. 83; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 154.
A Lover’s Lament, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 183.
A Plea for Military Bands, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 168.
A Scottish V.C., Scotsman, 23 August 1915, p. 11; Carlisle Journal, 24 August 1915, p. 6.
After a Sermon in St. Margaret’s, Westminster, March 28th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 194.
At the Wishing-Gate, Grasmere, New Year’s Day, 1915, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 158.
At Wordsworth’s Grave, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 219.
Britain’s Call to the Colours, Carlisle Journal, 9 November 1915, p. 6.
Captain A. Noel Loxley, H.M.S. “Formidable”, January 1st 1915, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 150-151.
‘Children, when you plant your tree’, Manchester Evening News, 18 March 1915, p. 6.
Commander Edward Unwin, R.N., V.C., H.M.S. River Clyde, The Dardanelles, April 25, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
Easter Day, 1915, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 197.
Edith Cavell. Oct. 13th, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
General Joffre’s Farewell, T.P.’s Journal of Great Deeds of the Great War, 2 (20 March 1915), p. 255.
Good Friday, 1915, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 196.
Helm Crag, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 199.
Homeward Bound. In Memory of Nowell Oxland, the Writer of the Poem “Outward Bound”, Who Fell at Suvla Bay, Aug 9, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
Honour to the Dead, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 174.
Hope for the Dawn, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 193.
How Piper Laidlaw Won the Victoria Cross, Loos, September, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
In a Harvest Field, British Review, 9 (January 1915), p. 83; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 152.
In Memoriam: Captain Andrew Ferguson Chance, Carlisle Journal, 12 October 1915, p. 6.
In Memory of Flight-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford, V.C., Legion of Honour, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
In Memory of 2nd Lieutenant W. G. C. Gladstone, M.P., April 13th, Chester Chronicle, 15 May 1915, p. 2; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 202-203.
July, Carlisle Journal, 6 July 1915, p. 6.
Lieutenant Forshaw’s Gallant Deed, Carlisle Journal, 29 October 1915, p. 8.
Love on the Battlefield, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 172-173.
Love’s Gift, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 208-210.
May Time, 1915, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 216-217.
Michael O’Leary and How He Won the Victoria Cross, February 1st, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 177-179.
New Year, 1915, Times, 1 January 1915, p. 7; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 159.
‘Not for vainglorious boast or mock parade’, Carlisle Journal, 3 December 1915, p. 7.
Our Angel-Host of Help. In Memory of Raymond Lodge, fell in Flanders, Sept. 14th, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
Peace on Earth, Carlisle Journal, 24 December 1915, p. 8.
Penrith Grammar School Song, Penrith Observer, 30 March 1915, p. 7.
Rhodes-Moorhouse, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 212-214.
Rupert Brooke, Lemos, April 23rd, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 211.
Springtime and War, Carlisle Journal, 6 April 1915, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 186-187.
Starlight, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 198.
Switzerland the Good Samaritan, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 188.
Take Me Home, T.P.’s Journal of Great Deeds of the Great War, 3 (15 May 1915), p. 132; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 204-206.
Tares and Wheat, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 153.
The Bible of Peace, Dunnabeck, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 215.
The Blessing of War, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 156.
The Blockade, February 18th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 180.
The Boy Sentry at Ypres, Carlisle Journal, 13 August 1915, p. 8.
The Call of May, Carlisle Journal, 1 June 1915, p. 6.
The Curse of War, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 163.
The Day of Intercession, January 3rd, Westminster Gazette, 2 January 1915, p. 2; Carlisle Journal, 5 January 1915, p. 6; European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 160.
The Ever-Living Ones, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 207.
The Grandeur of War, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 157.
The King’s Appeal, March 31st, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 195.
The “Lion’s” Chase, January 24th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 165-167.
The “Lusitania”, May 7th, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 218.
The Nation’s Teachers, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 164.
The Premier’s Speech to Labour Delegates, Jan. 15, 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
The Rajput’s Desire, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
The Return of Spring, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 169-170.
The Soldier’s Prayer, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 155.
The Two Springs, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 175-176.
To America, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 171.
To Bulgaria: The Earthquake’s Warning, Carlisle Journal, 8 October 1915, p. 8.
To Flight Sub-Lieutenant R. A J. Warneford V.C. June 7th 1915, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1915 – view full text).
To Paul Sabatier, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 161.
To Prussia, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, pp. 200-201.
To the Men on Strike, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 182.
To the Strikers, European War 1914-1915 Poems, 1915, p. 181.
World War 1 (1916)
A Plea for Song in War-Time, Carlisle Journal, 25 August 1916, p. 6.
A Soldier’s Death in May, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
A Tribute to Keswick Heroes, Carlisle Journal, 8 September 1916, p. 7; Crosthwaite Parish Magazine, September 1916.
At a Sailor’s Grave, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
Before Verdun, March 1916, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
Christmas Day, 1916, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 23 December 1916, p. 4.
Death the Revealer, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 24 April 1916, p. 4.
Gallipoli Farewell!, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
In Honour of Private James Miller, V.C., Lancashire Evening Post, 14 September 1916, p. 4.
In Memoriam: Acting-Lieutenant Courtenay Tennyson, Carlisle Journal, 4 February 1916, p. 8.
In Memoriam: Stanley Theodore Carr, Carlisle Journal, 13 October 1916, p. 7.
In Memory of John Travers Cornwell. First Class Boy of H.M.S. ‘Chester’, The Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
In Memory of Lieutenant R. G. Garvin, Pall Mall Gazette, 12 August 1916, p. 2; Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 12 August 1916, p. 6.
Lord Kitchener. In Memoriam, June 5, 1916, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
Lord Kitchener, 5th June, 1916, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
Oor Lad Wha Nobbut Cooms I’ Dreams, Carlisle Journal, 29 December 1916, p. 7; Penrith Observer, 3 January 1917, p. 6.
Our Lady of Pity, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
The Coming of Spring, Carlisle Journal, 7 March 1916, p. 6; Penrith Observer, 7 March 1916, p. 6.
The Garden Warbler, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
The Hero-Corporal of Ontario, Thiepval, Sept, 30, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
The New Year, Carlisle Journal, 7 January 1916, p. 8.
The Patriot Thrush, May 31st, 1916, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
The Soldier’s Last Will and Testament: Verdun, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 21 April 1916, p. 4.
To a Mother Twice Bereaved on Hearing of the Death of Her Son Lieutenant Harvey Hodgson, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
To the Memory of Our Gallant Seamen Who Perished in the Battle of Horn Reef, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
To the Mother of Four Sons Gone to War, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
To Venizelos, Carlisle Journal, 13 October 1916, p. 8.
“Ubi Aves, Ubi Angeli”, Carlisle Journal, 4 February 1916, p. 8.
‘When this wild storm of war is overblown’, Burnley News, 22 March 1916, p. 6.
William Shakespeare, April 23, 1916, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1916 – view full text).
World War 1 (1917)
Alma Mater Medicatrix, at Oxford 1917, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
At Mizpeh, Nov. 20, 1917, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
At the Church of St. George, Shellal Mound, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
Capt. F. C. Selous D.S.O., (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, V.C., R.A.M.C., Died of Wounds in France, August, 1917, Liverpool Echo, 15 August 1917, p. 3.
Comin’ Yham Fra T’ Front, Carlisle Journal, 28 December 1917, p. 7.
In Honour of Dr. Elsie Inglis, Westminster Gazette, 3 December 1917, p. 2.
In Honour of H.M.S. Swift and Broke, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
In Honour of Jemadar Lieutenant Singh V.C., (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
In Memoriam. Robert Ernest Vernede, Rifle Brigade, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
In Memory of President Wilson’s Speech in Congress, Feb. 3rd, 1917, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 -view full text).
Lieutenant Colin MacLehose, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
Munition Girls, Carlisle Journal, 25 December 1917, p. 2.
Near Lens, June 17, 1917, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
The Battle of Messines Ridge, June 7th, 1917, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
The Carrier Pigeon, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
The Cuckoo, April 19th 1917, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
The Fall of Jerusalem, Dec. 9th, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
The Kaiser’s Letter to His Chancellor, Oct. 31, 1916, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 19 January 1917, p. 4.
The Speech of General Smuts, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
The War-Worn Horses’ Appeal, Bournemouth Graphic, 13 April 1917, p. 5.
To the Memory of Lance-Corporal Dalzell for Many Years Winner of the Grasmere Guides’ Race, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
To Viscount Bryce, May 14, 1917, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1917 – view full text).
World War 1 (1918)
At Baslieux, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
‘Dar bon! but it were gude to hear’, Carlisle Journal, 31 December 1918, p. 8; Wigton Advertiser, 4 January 1919, p. 3.
Friday, March 22nd, 1918, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
General Foch, July 19, 1918, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
Hymns of Thanksgiving for the Ending of the War, (Carlisle Archives, PR/120/125).
In Memory of Rev. T. B. Hardy V.C., DSO., MC., Chaplain to the King, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text)
In the Choir of Gloucester Cathedral,: 9 June, Gloucester Journal, 15 June 1918, p. 3.
King Albert’s Return, Brussels, November 22nd, 1918, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
Major McCudden, V.C., DSO, Mc, MM, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
Peace Upon Earth, Xmastide 1918, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
Pheidippides at the Front, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
The Advent of Peace, Carlisle Journal, 12 November 1918, p. 5.
The Armistice, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
The Ballad of the Violet May, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
The Deliverance of Damascus, October 1st 1918, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full txt).
The Deliverance of Lille, Oct 17, 1918, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
The Two Springs, Carlisle Journal, 30 April 1918, p. 2.
The “Vindictive’s” Grave, Ostend, May 9-10, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1918 – view full text).
World War 1 (Undated Poems)
A Song of Peace, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
A Thought of Home in the Trenches, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
A Welcome to Jack on Leave, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
All for Each and Each for All, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
German Hate, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
Hymns in Time of War, (Carlisle Archives, PR/120/125).
Maytide’s Memorial, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
Memorial Hymn, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
Race Meetings and the War, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
Sorrow in May, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full txt).
The Blind Soldier’s Return, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
The Munition Workers, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
The Voice of the Striker, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
The Voyage of Life, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
To the Good Ship “Jason” (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
‘We have sworn war shall not cease’, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, not dated – view full text).
World War 1 (Aftermath)
A Voice in the Silence: Armistice Day, 1919, Carlisle Journal, 18 November 1919, p. 4.
An Appeal, Carlisle Journal, 3 October 1919, p. 7.
At General Botha’s Grave, August 30 1919, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1919 – view full text).
Christmas Day, 1919, Carlisle Journal, 26 December 1919, p. 7.
In Vienna, Carlisle Journal, 30 December 1919, p. 4.
New Year’s Day, 1919, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1919 – view full text).
‘Oor Jack he cam’ fra ower t’ sea’, Carlisle Journal. 6 January 1920, p. 6.
Peace, June 24th 1919, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1919 – view full text).
The Home-Coming of Nurse Cavell, (Rawnsley Archives, Poems on WW1, dated 1919 – view full text).
The Memorial Shrine, Westminster, Sphere, 26 April 1919, p. 24.
Wray
A Harvest Festival at Wray, (Rawnsley Archives RR/1/7 – view full text).
A Tree Planted by William Wordsworth at Wray Castle, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 51.
At Wray Cottage, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 29.
In the Wray Garden, Poems at Home and Abroad, 1909, p. 111.
The Children Gone, Balla-Wray, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 69.
The Streamlet at the Wray, Poems at Home and Abroad, 1909, pp. 112-113.
Wray Castle, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 6.
Yellow Poppies at Wray Castle, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 84.
Wynd Cliff
Moss Cottage at the Wynd-Cliff, A Book of Bristol Sonnets, 1877, p. 132.
On Descending the Wynd-Cliff by the Steps to the Moss Cottage, A Book of Bristol Sonnets, 1877, p. 133.
The Wynd-Cliff, on an April Day, A Book of Bristol Sonnets, 1877, p. 131.
Wyness-Stuart, Athole (Lieutenant)
The Unforgotten Dead: To the Memory of Capt. Hamilton, Lieut. Wyness-Stuart, Hitchin, Sept. 6; and Lieut. Bettington, Wolvercote, Sept. 10, Army and Navy Gazette, 5 October 1912, p. 2.
Yewdale Crags
At Yewdale Farm, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 100.
Yewdale Crags, Sonnets at the English Lakes, 1881, p. 99.
Yews
Alas for the Yews of Borrowdale, (Rawnsley Archives RR/1/7 – view full text).
‘Blind was the storm, from wild Atlantic brought’, English Lakes Visitor and Keswick Guardian, 21 June 1884, p. 5.
York
At Saint William’s College, York, May 18, 1911, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 19 May 1911, p. 6.
Yorkshire
Sonnets Round the Coast (1887), contains over seventy sonnets on the Yorkshire Coast, focusing particularly on Saltburn, Runswick Bay, Whitby and Scarborough. A complete list of the title of each sonnet can be viewed in the section on ‘Books by HDR’ in the Heading on this web site titled ‘Bibliography – HDR Publications’. Each individual sonnet will also have one or more entries in this Subject Index.
Zoos
Hannibal, the Lion in the Clifton Zoological Gardens, A Book of Bristol Sonnets, 1877, p. 84.
The Eagle, at the Zoological Gardens, Clifton, A Book of Bristol Sonnets, 1877, p. 83.
Zermatt (Switzerland)
Going to Zermatt, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 145.
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows at the Schwarz-See, Zermatt, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 147.
Zola, Émile
Zola Dead, A Sonnet Chronicle, 1906, p. 37.
Zwingli, Ulrich
The Statue of Zwinglius, Sonnets in Switzerland and Italy, 1899, p. 31.
