The Survival of the Fittest

by J. C. Squire

THE SURVIVAL
OF THE FITTEST

AND OTHER POEMS

BY

J. C. SQUIRE

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.
RUSKIN HOUSE⁠MUSEUM STREET, W.C.

First published in 1916

(All rights reserved)

TO W.

IN THE TRENCHES

You live with Death: yet over there
You breathe a somewhat cleaner air.

NOTE

⁠The "Christmas Hymn" appeared in The New Statesman, and some of the other verses in The Herald. "The Entente" is reprinted by special permission of the proprietors of Punch.

CONTENTS

		Page
The Survival of the Fittest		9
Christmas Hymn for Lambeth		14
Arms and the Politician; or, The Pilgrims' Progress		21
Ballade, Written in a Moment of Elation		29
Homœopathy		33
Bridging the Gulf; or, The Union of Classes		39
The Touch of Nature		48
The Higher Life for Clergymen		52
Epigrams:
I.	The Dilemma	57
II.	Lord Molasses	58
III.	The Entente	60
IV.	On Base Metals	61
V.	The Trinity	62
VI.	Inexperto Crede	63
VII.	A Tribute to the Memory of Richard Porson	64