IS DEATH 13

MEN IMPROVE WITH THE YEARS 14

THE COLLAR-BONE OF A HARE 15

UNDER THE ROUND TOWER 17

SOLOMON TO SHEBA 19

THE LIVING BEAUTY 21

A SONG 22

TO A YOUNG BEAUTY 23

TO A YOUNG GIRL 24

THE SCHOLARS 25

TOM O'ROUGHLEY 26

THE SAD SHEPHERD 27

LINES WRITTEN IN DEJECTION 39

THE DAWN 40

ON WOMAN 41

THE FISHERMAN 44

THE HAWK 46

MEMORY 47

HER PRAISE 48

THE PEOPLE 50

HIS PHOENIX 54

A THOUGHT FROM PROPERTIUS 58

BROKEN DREAMS 59

A DEEP-SWORN VOW 63

PRESENCES 64

THE BALLOON OF THE MIND 66

TO A SQUIRREL AT KYLE-NA-GNO 67

ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM 68

IN MEMORY OF ALFRED POLLEXFEN 69

UPON A DYING LADY 72

EGO DOMINUS TUUS 79

A PRAYER ON GOING INTO MY HOUSE 86

THE PHASES OF THE MOON 88

THE CAT AND THE MOON 102

THE SAINT AND THE HUNCHBACK 104

TWO SONGS OF A FOOL 106

ANOTHER SONG OF A FOOL 108

THE DOUBLE VISION OF MICHAEL ROBARTES 109

NOTE 115

THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE

The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine and fifty swans.

The nineteenth Autumn has come upon me
Since I first made my count;
I saw, before I had well finished,
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