Chapter I: Front Matter

IN THE NAME OF TIME

OTHER WORKS BY MICHAEL FIELD

CALLIRRHOE 1884
FAIR ROSAMUND 1884 & 1897
THE TRAGIC MARY 1890
UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH 1893
THE WORLD AT AUCTION 1898
THE RACE OF LEAVES 1901
JULIA DOMNA 1903
BORGIA 1905
WILD HONEY 1908
QUEEN MARIAMNE 1908
THE ACCUSER 1911
THE TRAGEDY OF PARDON 1911
POEMS OF ADORATION 1912
MYSTIC TREES 1913
DEDICATED 1914
DEIRDRE 1918

IN THE
NAME OF TIME

A
TRAGEDY

BY
MICHAEL
FIELD

THE POETRY BOOKSHOP
35 DEVONSHIRE ST. THEOBALDS RD.
LONDON W.C.
MCMXIX

IN THE NAME OF TIME:

A TRAGEDY

“IN THE NAME OF TIME.”--_The Winter’s Tale_, iv, I, _chorus_.

ἅπανθ᾽ ὁ μακρὸς κἀναρίθμητος χρόνος
φύει τ᾽ ἄδηλα καὶ φανέντα κρύπτεται:
κοὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἄελπτον οὐδέν, ἀλλ᾽ ἁλίσκεται
χὠ δεινὸς ὅρκος χαἰ περισκελεῖς φρένες.

_Sophocles--Ajax 646._

_Quoted from R. C. Trevelyan’s Translation on the Cover._

PERSONS

CHILPERIC _King of the Franks_.
CARLOMAN } { _Sons of Charles Martel,_
PEPIN } { _Consuls and Mayors of the Palace_.
MARCOMIR _A Frankish Count_.
RACHIS _King of the Lombards_.
ASTOLPH _His brother_.
ZACHARIAS _The Pope_.
DAMIANI _An Italian Bishop_.
BONIFACE _A Missionary Saint_.
GENEVIVA _Wife to Carloman_.

_Cardinals, Nobles, Monks, Servants._

IN THE NAME OF TIME

A TRAGEDY