“The Pilgrims of Hope” appeared in _The Commonweal_ between March 1885
and July 1886, its title being decided on with the publication of the
second part. Sections I, IV, and VIII were included in _Poems by the
Way_ after the author abandoned his intention of revising it as a whole.
“To be concluded” stands at the bottom of the last instalment.
“Chants for Socialists,” consisting of songs and poems written for
various occasions and collected into a penny pamphlet published by the
Socialist League in 1885, is here printed entire (with the exception of
“The Message of the March Wind,” pp. 3–6), although “The Day is Coming,”
“The Voice of Toil,” and “All for the Cause,” were included in _Poems by
the Way_. “A Death Song,” which also appears there, was written for the
funeral of Alfred Linnell, who died from injuries received at a
Demonstration in Trafalgar Square on November 20, 1887. It first
appeared in pamphlet form, with a musical setting by Malcolm Lawson.
“May Day” [1892] and “May Day, 1894,” appeared in _Justice_.