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Contents
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Preface to the Third Edition xxvii • . . - ' . , > < > '„•<•
Acknowledgments xxxiii - -''-I n t r o d u c t i o n x x x v i i • •• \ >• '•• ' . . ; . ' • 11-
'.'. W A L T W H I T M A N (1819-1892) , , '....')ir'_. ' v . - l ;
One's-Self I Sing , i' , = , • ^Song of Myself ' • . ,,; , , , ' ," u'[,'.'t''\ , 4. "- 1-14 . " " „ ' ' '.'' .'-I 4
'-; 46-52 '"" "',.'•' ^Crossing Brooklyn FerryI Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing
A Hand-Mirror •' , • , , < . , r,, • 2 3Cavalry Crossing a Ford ; , . ^, > , ,.< ,.|> 1 > , 23By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame . •-/,;• ...•>, . •, . < . 2 3When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd , , . , 23
E M I L Y D I C K I N S O N ( 1 8 3 0 - 1 8 8 6 ) ' L , / ! . ; ; , • ; , , I - 3 0
49 ("I never lost as much but twice") 32214 ("I taste a liquor never brew"ed-i-!');'»* '•'•< v:;..;•; >>V: ', ~^;- ,.' 33249-("Wild-Nights—Wild-Nights!") — '•- 33258 ("There's a certain Slant of light") ; •••' ,•„ i , , \u\. :- • 34.280 ("I felt a Funeral, in my Brain") 1, hi.: ., 1.;.; ; ,,-i] ,., J , , , ' >34303 ("The Soul selects her own Society—") . , ; / > ; • = 1.35328 ("A Bird came down the Walk-^") : --••• -\\ •-.-• ?-.,.«.-,<! ,•>,• ; i ..„ ; ;..•,,^::...-;:.i :35.341 ("After great pain, a formal feeling comes—") ;,,ii .36435 ("Much Madness is divinest Sense—") j ; . . 1 ' n'.'V ,»36465 ("I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—") v,!.;;.:> b-36585 ("I like to see it lap the Miles—") /!>;!.;:<'t •!: .37.632 ("The Brain—is wider than the Sky—") »il> if;'; 138657 ("I dwell in Possibility—") _, ! ;«.."! j , , , ; >,•<< V. I!-. ; ,;\\ ; • „ ' , \>r,<. '^i:iV.'38.712 ("Because I could not stop'for . D e a t h s " ) i;i,'; !j-,it;)::l -n<;'/: :', :.i-.,fr, J-: :;'••' . 38754 ("My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun—") !;,. bns ? . : ; 39986 ("A narrow Fellow in the Grass") ii<,ih,.•: > n:-h••i-40'1129 ("Tell all the Truth but tell it slant") :„.:.• • i .d-i' t;:/.; H ,401732 ("My life closed twice before its c losed") k;c J 1 H JVK.J iMi( b>ji>ni ic', ;t• • r!41
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jg* THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) -41
Hap ' " . ' 4 4Neutral Tones 44I Look into My Glass 45In Tenebris 45
I ("Wintertime nighs;") 45 -
II ("When the clouds' swoln bosoms echo iback the shoutsof the many and strong") 46 -
Drummer Hodge 47The Darkling Thrush 48A Broken Appointment 48
The Self:Unseeing. _ ... -w-...-.ir/j ;, i ( . i v . j > - ,'. .•: '49
Bereft ' ' ' i.(7-"-•.- '••.:•: A,:-'-~>-X ' ' , 4 9
Shut Out.'Tghat Moon ,.«,,. . , , , , , - . 50New Year's Eve 5iChannel Firing \ 51The Convergence of the Twain . , . .. 53Poems of 1912-13 / -^ - ? ;r,i : r,v= i. '. , ; v 5 4
The Going "-• " - . . - . -_- . ^
Your Last Drive ' " '_ ."" ~'~''55; I Found Her Out There " ' ' : ; l ' \ •'' " r 5 6; The Voice ' ' " , • ; ' ! 57A Poet . , ^ t j - ' - ' " : ' ' 5.7In the Moonlight . , f. ', ''']""'"''".Ht:J58
The'-Oxen ' ' • ; r u > , , , . . : . , ; - . . • ; , • • • . . . f ; - .» i . , - j , 71-..y.^g
In Time o f ' T h e Breaking of Na t ions ' - - > ! . - j <-<>•., ••• 5 9
F6r Life I H a d Never Cared Great ly ; -^ , 'V . ' / • ' "' . ' / ' T 5.9r
I Looked Up from M y Wri t ing ' * ' • - > • • " • •- •'• ^QM I !•• »< ' . . ' J I,-: / i i ' - , : ' V i : ; " .-.'•.' ^"uj f i . f ' -. , y
erwards 61Going and Staying 62Nobody Comes 62He Never Expected Much( :- :> {-*.'..'} s o ;'•'."::•'; ;J '• 63
• : i ' G E R A R D M A N L E Y H O P K I N S ' ( 1 8 4 4 - 1 8 8 9 ) : r - o ) l •>•;;>,; >") '.63
The Habit of Perfection . •- -.i':.').s •< ; ',- . -r<-.-.'-, r . - ' . W T " ; ;:66The Wreck of the Deutschland • " - • . • , ,"i .1 . -rL'T . :',:": :": ;?67
G o d ' s G r a n d e u r • . - ' • • '..' • '?••!•••: '. !•-'- •• . :- • !••••• '!••:>••' ;.; L 1 f 7 6
[As Kingfishers C a t c h Fi re , Dragdnf l ies D r a w F l a m e ] - '"".:• v.i . *;. . '••••ni' "••''• i',76
Spring' l • - • ' •'"- . • . • . • • • ' • . . - • • • ; - ' ' > ' • "'. .'.:-, ..',• .'. : i , -- • - . : ' / " ) 1 7 7 .
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Felix B a n d a l ."— - ' • . • ' " ' I J . . . . . . . : - - : i . i ' - j oi?7 } J.7.9
[F.Wake a n d Fee l t h e Fell of Dark , N o t Day] ( - - ; . ; - , . . v i ^ i rr.: fi./.vb i ) " 7 9
[No W o r s t , T h e r e Is N o n e . P i t c h e d P a s t P i t c h ' o f Grief] •••• • : ; i i. I ' :r.i\: > !>") ' . 8 0
Spr ing a n d Fall ' •>!/-!• : . -C!> . ! : . - ••(,.::/ ii •/•. ?".r . \ '•'.]'} A 8 0
[Car r ion C o m f o r t ] ' i.".-:.-,ir; •<.': ,r. ,./.;••;•* • -« - !» , . • ' ; f*.-81
, Spel t f rom Sibyl 's Leaves ; ' • . , . ' : • •• i1-,.'-.,.-: -hip's •;. '; M<-!S'k' i - ; 8 1
[Thou Ar t I n d e e d J u s t , Lord , If I C o n t e n d ] • : • : , . ' ; ••.<.,', .! : • : - : :i. , , o b - , i ; l , - : ; ", 8 2
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t f ^ i f A. E. HOUSMAN (1859-1936) ;-vi(~! 82
[Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now] ,•-.y---/ > :,r,>' 84.
[When I Was One-and Twenty] :.". ' .84To an Athlete Dying Young • !•:<;• i ;; • 8 5s
[Is My Team Ploughing] •::,.!':,« .: ; ' ••J86T
[On Wenlock Edge the Wood's in Trouble] > r . . i , , , . : , 87[ W i t h R u e M y H e a r t I s L a d e n ] ' . i - . i • ••'• ••.'••:>•>:: • ' • • > • > • " • • 8 7
[Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff] •: >•• '< 8 8Eight O'clock 89Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries 90[They Say My)Verse Is Sad: No Wonder] 90
'••• ! / s . WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1865-1939) • .! /ur-90
To the Rose upon the Rood of TimeThe Lake Isle of Innisfree .The Sorrow of LoveWhen You Are Old[Who Goes with Fergus?]To Ireland in the Coming TimesThe Hosting of the SidheThe Song of the Wandering AengusThe Cap and BellsHe Wishes for the ClothsfoP Heaven) ".•:;. • ;J '•'Adam's Curse . . .No Second TroyThe Fascination of What's DifficultThe Cold HeavenA CoatSeptember 1913The MagiThe FishermanEaster, 1916The Wild Swans at CooleIn Memory of Major Robert GregoryAn Irish Airman Foresees His DeathThe Second Coming;,;i,;• ->c??.'* •••c. ,:.;..'!'.-! ,-icj": -1 .' • •
A rrdycr iur 4viy"Uduyni.cr". •To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor BallyleeNineteen Hundred and NineteenLeda and the SwanThe TowerSailing to ByzantiumAmong School ChildrenIn Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con MarkieviczA Dialogue of Self and SoulByzantiumCrazy Jane Talks with the BishopVacillation,Meru
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Th^Gyres ' ^ - ; - o . * ; :• , , f , ' ^ H . / . A 134. Lapis-Lazuli — . . — -- - __*__..-..--_-ij: .-1.35
An Acre of Grass ;-,..,, ;,.:;•." -..i!:? ,a-.--."!'i"!o i?.3i!'il36'
. The Spur. f .-,•• •.:] i j ^ . - ^ O «;W \ usl'3.7,
Eong-Legged Fly ' ,•!• -'« 7 ,T>HC-' --^MiA- 1.13,7.Under Ben Bulben |«"?rli-i;3!'l irs.w'V /I,138iMan and the Echo !':MV:.-,7 .-< ;:'!....-:•/.' -.A* cob.^ A-jvAm-N 141]The Circus Animals'Desertion i,,- >••_< -:* r..:-H y-Vi SIJ# rM42jPolities' . . •—, :::ii.- ' ivtoif .-• <:if!T,'j'.;njl'.43!(j"i - " /:>-.>lLvO t\l^J
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. . RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1930) 144
Danny D.eever ^ f J i ' - ^d - 'O 2TA?Y S3J7;:3 v'/>ij.' VI' 145Shillin'-a-Day — . 146-
Recessional. 3M>i i '1.; I jo ' - •.-:!. i-o.;'j us:.'?! :>f)14.7.'Harp. Song of the-Dane Women c-•>!•?.;.-,M' '!O ;>'aJ o;l«;J 1.48APic tSong •.....:]•> .-r/not» 1.48"TKe Way through the Woods r IO • x/« y-;'/ is449/Epitaphs of the War l'->'> ••:,! ;-l;i:; ;-'ioO ol50]We and They. , ' -• • '-.mi t gnir r--M yrf-* i,\ b;ifA;;\56'
•;''• • ar'i1-*,''orJ: 1M yniac:?i ^'i i• "•: .ir^:--;A ;;i,: ,-r:-;:"-1/1/ mil "n f;noc 'ors!
^ : , - - . :AVJ br:i, nsO v i T•• i i EDGAR LEE MASTERS
( SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY ';<s<l' b-l<?-ij(458i
.^TheHill ; • ' ; fk-jJ.' O /ia;{\rl '«, auiiitAw;'! 1-58"..'> Amanda Barker U-HP.^'J OIK) VS9/' 'Fiddler Jones iucl'59-.: 'I.Petit, the Poet z;oI -,t-:L'f.->160;
"-PElsaWertman i^-i A 1.60"5*0 Hamilton Greene ti;;ww»i<!'l 16T;; 0 Anne Rutledge oli'i ,-i3l61!
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, U. .. ,,. EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON (1869-1935)jj.;r,,,,;.<^f, ::,'.••• 1.62'
Luke Havergal;. •• - . . :. - s'wv".\!i -'C->. 1 f .'•• ~,no:'r. 1. SH, h'jn-i.) ;n'163'
Richard Cory n-j.-i ••">/'. '>r,t: b-j-i.'.-u": n'v.: 163f
Reuben Bright <-i.<»?. -j,li Hi?.. >164IGalverly's 1 • >; •.; T164"How Annandale Went Out nmi'su;;<,h >J. r>s,"165!
Miniver Cheevy rtfjibiiilL? S-";"!Jo.;.' ;• r;l,66l
F o r a Dead Lady •- . - .-;•,•;.'JJ.-sM <KJ.'/ be.'-. iijooii-oiotJ sv.-i'{» 'nof;r.;il67»Eros Turannos • . , • . i;i<j-'> h«.K ibC k-:.'«.:!.: .167.The Mill i:{;!i;,.168:
The Dark Hills: - <i<.if- « :-,i} rhiv ^Ain ; vt.ui. {T169.:Mr; Flood's garty ivji.;i::hl.69'The Sheaves' . . • =,17,1'
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'•')':. iJ5f*; JAM ES> W E L D O ' N J J O H N S O N ] (187.1-1938) 171
:OSBlack and Unknown Bards '!«'/.' g.'iibi; 172iDown by the Carib Sea U--; ><•:] irfnl-73
Vt>r VI.- Sunset in thenTropics >;«'' '::'*"i 'I'f-rA i ' i l73:The Creation, ',ii° !».».•./--174c.n. . • (5-s . i t . : K'V" I-.:..--!: . ( V r
GERTRUDE STEIN (1874-1946) ; 1.76
Picasso ' ' 7 '••"' ; ' ' ' H ^" ! ! : | i 78.TENDER BUTTONS ','". ' 180
" " 1*8^" 'Objects ' . / l .'-. " 1*8°" A carafe, that is a blind glass. _ _ . . . 180
A piece of coffee. . . . f 180!*'..' Awaist.' ' ' ' >-vi;..-:)•.- ...<M. ^'J / i 81
..'.. A little bit of a tumbler. . ,,. , . , . y_' . ""'','.! ' K l.. ',' A brown. *" ' . . , , ,' 181... ' A little called Pauline. , . , '|"'*".''. .'", * 181
' A white hunter. " ' ' ' " '"" ' ' * " ' , . ; ' ' 182
Peeled pencil, choke. , . .182Food ", ' " ' . 182
Mutton. , , '"-182S u g a r . . ' , . ' ' " • ' ' • • ' " " ' 1 8 3
: ; ; Chicken. " . ; " • / _ ' " , , ] 1J84
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";;. 'Chicken. ;"Jl- ""' " "''"' liyir '''''^.[^""iit'^i''-.",'1,^' ; : ; : ' chicken. ' : *'''''''"'""'.'''"•'•''$*•'*"' A centre in a table. . ' , ' ' " 1 8 4
From Rooms 184
Susie Asado ,._-.. . .:,.o,^, ..... ,„, . ••. ,.,,.- 185Guillaume Apollinaire •. • j gg
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Sacred Erhilv . * 186.Idem the Same. A Valentine to Sherwood Anderson 194ipeorge Hugnet . . , ; , ,_ 19%7Stanzas in Meditation 19^7
l i IS tanza LXXXIII , ' "197M. • ' , • • i - "fWi-,j
-~ —AMY~LOWELL~(I874-1925) — 198
SThe Pike . ; - - ': •' ... rtqv.y t.L98
.'Venus Transiens - - - - I't.'O ' 1 9 9?ADecade> ~ «i-20'0fSK'ore Grass ' ' . • • ' rso'.rryil/v vn u«200
,Heavens for Old i'uwt'A :.ss:,} -200
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.Mending-Wall ,.'- .-'• i.-.v:,,i.;-o!: htm >!-JK1E203<'Home Burial 1 ,:-. .!'••.•.:> srii •/i nv;20.4;After Apple-Picking ,:•„••-, j 1 .,„• i ; i.. n t ^ .17 207tThe Wood-Pile ' ;;<Mte>-O V 2 0 8The Road Not t a k e n "209An Old Man's Winter Night 210Hyja Brook 210T h e Oven Bird - ,-. 211Birches < , .. 1 \ , 211
"Rutting inthe Seed ~ ' ~ " ~2.1?^ ' d u t , O u t — " ' - ' • • • : "- '•• ' • • / ; J !" • ° ' v : ' r 2 r ; 3
Fire and Ice . f .. 214BustofSnow , , . . . . , "':}^J'2i4.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening " ' , ' . , ' " "' . 214
iFor Once, Then, Something * . . * ,. 215To Earthward •' , , , . , . , , 215
(The Need of Being Versed in Country Things -. . .. J - - " ' " " , , 216
.Tree at.My Window ' ., , - , . , ' ' . ., 217Acquainted with the Night ' "" J ' ~ , , 217Two Tramps in Mud Time , y,~ "t 218
• ^Desert Places ,..1 . i V ' i - ' " ' 0 / ^ ! - ^ 2 2 °^either Out Far nor In Deep '"'''"'' ' ' " ' " ^ ° ' ' ' ^ ^ j 220IDesign , , 2 2 1Unharvested - . . . - , > 221
^)v ide , Provide " ~ ' ^ ' ^ 222|Tlie Silken T e n t ; : ' v f'^; 222
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. Never Again Would Birds' Song Be the Same ' " "x .'-, ~ 223Iflie Gift Outright ~ ' !** J; f ' r^
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":'?''' ' ' '••'•''• CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) . .,, f > i 8 f f''226'r;8i , . v ' j i - i nillrjqA--ii-fiiif.tif! h i
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XribrTombs .[ ''?.''*'!' ^ ^ 2 2 8J G r a s s ' - ' • • ; ' !-': !''n!'.\'.C^\ ^ ^ 2 2 9Gargoyle • ' <'-?-»- .1 J-.VH- t. 2 2 9
• ! ' EDWARD T H O M A S (1878-1917) 230
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'• ••'?~4f WALLACE STEVENS.(1879-1955)] , i ,...-. i i :!:7235
S u n d a y M o r n i n g :• • •• • . . ; , ' : • • ' < - ; J P ••• • - . > ' • • • • • ' . / ' ' • . ' X 2 3 7 1
Peter Quince at the Clavier ..: ::-.!!.,' .-:• .<• •'<.- •<"'• .. /;240' Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock !»~i • ' ••'.' ,-i ;• :242
Domination of Black ,-.,.;.'. .',..,!;-, 243The Worms at Heaven's Gate ' a ': . • , , •;;.-"'24.4
•Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird >.•••'•- ' : : r nJ244The Death of a Soldier -j.-w .y-,.--,-246Anecdote of the Jar w < . '«( b/V ' ' 2 4 6 'The Snow Man 247Tea at the Palaz of Hoon 247Bantams in Pine-Woods 248The Emperor of Ice-Cream•-''•..'? : • _•. '»•" " - . ; / • 1. . , . : / » 248-The-Ideajftf-Order at-Key W e s t - 249A Postcard from the Volcano •?. , -u-- . - ;i 0 : 250The Man with the Blue Guitar )i251:: : I ("The man bent over his guitar") -.' r=r251\ XXII ("Poetry is the subject of the poem") ; •' •.'. • . : . .;•;. :••••' : 1 ' , ; , ' 2 5 rA^Rabbit as King of the Ghosts AA .' "•: u> -J1252''The Poems of Our Climate -., >.s i • , '• : 252Study of Two Pears .", "i •'.-;.; ' •;' if. ,-,1 1 ;• .'.><>i-<? -253The Man on the Dump r i ; ;; .;,:-•:; 1 25;4OLModern Poetry 'i "/• !]• 255;Notes toward a Supreme Fiction ,;r :, ; -256,"*-'.I.I ("Begin, ephebe, by perceiving the idea") -Asi t256(-'\~.II.V ("On a blue island in a sky-wide water") ":,;•,>,<!'' r . . '! 2 5 6 'CCIII.Ill ("A lasting visage in a lasting bush") . ' i- ••!,•, ^25-7The Motive for Metaphor ,t..'258
The Auroras of Autumn f - ,' .11 s ^ ' 2 5 8: '...'.I ("This is where the serpent lives, the bodiless.") - ' . iniu-i:!ui>f 258 -f ( II ("Farewell to an idea . . . A cabin stands") -i1.' >••' 259'v. Ill ("Farewell to an idea . . . The mother's, face"^-.- ."-'':: • -I ' i i > -i- .•'•*•' ' > 260
(Large Red Man Reading • • - ; ( ! 260'Ah Ordinary Evening in New Haven . fv •. > «»,-• • >•;'..'• M-S ;;,';i/v26'l''r',.-XXX ("The last leaf that is going to fall has fallen.") . o : ,261•The Rock •:-,) ! .."1261 ••;-'..'M. Seventy Years-Later ?••:•:-.'• J* •• ,, :-- -:W\':i:.^\',h'<.'t ' " i : 1 }".Ki.rj261T o - a n O l d P h i l o s o p h e r i n ^ R o m e * . J . U • i n n - : ; j ' ! - . . - : : , { i ,••• < - ; i :••••• . - n ; - : ; ,- ! , . > > " > 2 6 2
The P o e m T h a t T o o k the P lace of a M o u n t a i n . . , I,V\'.M>Y> <i ;;f:o.iT '"• -•' ni^-A 2 6 4The P lane t o n t h e Tab le • • •/»••.) v-i 2 6 5The River of Rivers in C o n n e c t i c u t -,., , , i .H; . r . . . Jii'i J . 2 6 5T h e Plain S e n s e of Th ings ' ' - JJ. .•-..''.:• ii,-"I .jrii .i ::.••• xy. ,v . : . i , . } . 1 1 2 6 6 ''Reality Is an Activity of t h e M o s t Augus t Imag ina t ion ;]<>L:n .. ;•;!) .: ' 2 6 7OfcMere Being - >-i*ui ! /ri-..-.-;: > ! •••'• • ;.;i . - . - 4267't i : " - • ' - ' • - • ! y ; : y . . - i "-'
• • M I N A ' L O Y ' ( I 8 8 2 - I 9 6 6 ) 268
Songs to Joannes ;lL'Qf~ -"Sc:; 5! iv VI' HO./.;.;•: • 269—- I ("Spawn— of—-Fantasies")----- -=- '•- -'— -•' 269
..u II ("The skin-sack") :•,.'• >-•,'-. : ; 2 7 0C •_ All ("We might have coupled") ••).:• :• 270
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("Come to me There is "something") f r ; / : j.1-.-v 270-"-XIV ("Today")- - - -'.'.."-, ~.. - ' . . _ _ - - - - ,. .-271
' .XXVI ("Shedding our petty pruderies") i,i. .;.•.•>!•/> vi;b;271IU-LXXIX ("Evolution fallfoul of") !-;K-!J -.-!:•'- : yr -urO v;.272
• Brancusi's Golden Bird ..--•:!..• . • r, ;'. 'tt. -ir>r:. .S1;,'.f-I:273
•Der Blinde Junge J If- I r«i.;3i.<';i274ANGLO-MONGRELS AND THE ROSE < } ; • > , • ; ' , : , ; < .. ••:•:<•<••!•,'275
' - J - : . E n g l i s h R o s e • - •-. h-.-JJ. .•;••[• ••, ;-.. ; , . , . ;!• . .• .! «.• , ; .:•>.< . . - j - ; n 2 7 5
Gertrude Stein U.i.v- o ' ; <;;•!•>!s 28'1•The Widow's Jazz .; i -,.;: '•: -,,-.:i.>-J;282
• WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS (I883- 1963)"; v.i DIO ,-j i < -283
The Young Housewife • • .> '' I T S ; ; :• ; •.>:,. 286_ T r a c t v ,..-'.; ,, >'•'• j : i t fi ,r-.- n •'.". - 2 8 6
D a n s e R u s s e ' ;' •: J •:; ' i n -i ;,-.. ,'•:..J .;.-.•-< •;-"' '; ' 2 8 8
S y m p a t h e t i c P o r t r a i t o f a C h i l d '• . . ' ; ... : j i - i ' , •.'-.i •;•! .-..• ';i ~'i ! » > " = ' 2 8 8
P o r t r a i t o f a L a d y ^!- : -•!;.} •:,-!• ". --.ii-iLJl ?a j i 4 i i i . 2 8 9
Qiieen-Ann's-Lace •.-„.••..;' » ;;.;() io :ii".->>'-{ -290
The Widow's Lament in Springtime :.~v, * o/?7 I > -^b290The Great Figure ; . ,(i ,r! 1 r i0 r:..'.^ :291Spring and All lij'.-1; /n_/.-jv'291T h e F a r m e r .'><>.iv < .•••.-- 1: -•'. J; ' ; ; ! ; , / r i •••''292
To":El s i e " ' -si.1 -h >jj,\--t', ;-I-..T J - ; ... :•*!->«•!-> n ' e ^ c ; " ; * . ; 2 9 3
T h e R e d W h e e l b a r r o w - - :;; • •:,<•:: ,.:.- ,; ,-ir ;...ii.i.:: •,:!.. i r-O r . ' . « ' 2 9 4
T h i s I s J u s t t o S a y i ' L ^. 1.1,y^., .,:..;• •. ,-; ,..!:.!,• <>/..,-n=f A ' : ? •'.' i . • t ; 2 9 5
'Death • •••y.v.Ki-y-h i<.i\ •:/•..nXi 295
/FlowerS'by the Sea nr-uiii ">o ?.nv-n:it-. -296T h e B o t t i c e l l i a n T r e e s :".,-:-^ln,i\ - ,-i; ..-v.-jl =r>v:>-,.-». . . ,u ,;--j:f v- ;•, • :;-1T :'i « 2 9 7
TheYachtS ."i-.!.;!,;!:-- .••,;.!„; .-'. . :-;h : ".'•.! ik-.«!...'f> V 298The Last Words of My English Grandmother!;:!, ><•: r . . ,,jl< , : , ; Oj !>_-,. :/. f .'"; ,"*:299The Dance ;,r;i; ;-.ff i»:,V. b-, ( ' v<,300Burning the Christmas Greens ,:;,••.,-;•••. w' ui ;jiihv: ':i ricci JJ>'"5300
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i :.Preface ;.->:W 302: . . Book I. The Delineaments of the Giants : •;.- j i"i.,.V/ •/jjtj'i'jpi- . 3 0 4. Frow I ("Paterson lies in the valley under the PassaicFalls")>i !=!>>•; ;>K> rr-304• VI From III ("Thought clambers up")i;;rirj./i.'! >-, lo -..'•."•: -.J-1 'i-ntT >• 'Si' ;>r>oci 30.7The Ivy Crown ,)'.di; *' *;r= r,-. .,-. .,rl 3 0 7PICTURES FROM BRUEGEL . >ir/i - ; - j i ' [ i ; O t;i s-..>vjji -.f c.,- i.'i 3 1 0
• V i l i l l . L a n d s c a p e w i t h t h e F a l l o f I c a r u s •,:^:>hi'<"Ui ':.•••••<>', •<>,;[", - 3 1 0
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Asphodel, That Greeny Flower ; :;.-ii-j."i >)DrVi311
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" : E LI N O R WY LI E (1885-1928) >-; r.."! KO '; c,j «:31 8
Wild Peaches .",hij?.-jiU-. , r ' r" i U318
•Incantation ^"'niqiifj •>•.••.n .'.-!>{i'.' '.!'.-'"') !<!320Let No Charitable Hope 320
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i '8 i f f D.H. LAWRENCE (1885-1930) •;.',;.--'•;•..;'. 321f «• f=* . . ' )
The Wild.Common ; •.r.io.i^O-323Iiove on the Farm •>'\v-\«r,y\. ~r, /.' 't-o noi?..r:-i'324'Aware ' rip'-i vnofi'326The Bride s v i',:;i.,J; I'v'-.ii .>i:i;\-v! 326Sorrow 327The Enkindled Spring 327Gloire de Dijon 328rA-Youth Mowing b (it)Pi- ?) VJI) .0 .H ' 328Piano 329'Medlars and Sorb-Apples i;.; 329•Southern Night :<«Vi -331.Sicilian Cyclamens •y.-o'. 331• Snake.-'!» • v;..U!333Em et Elle v,i; 335Humming-Bird 1 ;i.S .' 338?Y6u i-.-338TKe English Are So Nice! .^i ' - f r . ' ; ; ' . ;r,<.339sAhdraitx—Pomegranate Flowers r'q_;:339Whales Weep Not! :j.--< ...;/ v-< . , ' . / 340Butterfly ' ,'•,-„•',_ . n.•;•••;' i r - i ' - L n < r . A " : M 3 4 1
B a v a r i a n G e n t i a n s ' r , r " ^ i i v>! .li-.qs « >. >rs\i") j?-i 34.1
( T h e S h i p o f D e a t h • , ' . / > i-1.,»-.-.- •.••')) j / n 1.-;",- i H 3 4 2
f '!- EZRA POUND (1885-T1972). -nt/o ,ivf< VTJ-H"; !i-(.j345
.Portrait d'une FemmeThe ReturnA'Pact
^The RestIn: a Station of the MetroTKe River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter'Dament of the Frontier GuardT'Ke Temperaments "{•iwHUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY
I i •- (Life and Contacts) ';.!• 1920 (Mauberley);.THE CANTOS
I ("And then went down to the ship")' II ("Hang it all, Robert Browning")
VII ("Eleanor [she spoiled in a British climate]") 374r>!!' From XIV ("The slough.ofjuna'rniable'liars") 'A O ? ;•-!; t, O; '• 378
XLV-('AVith-Usur«"-)—•—- -' 378" I.- LXXXI ("Zeus lies in Ceres' bosom") -.i;!'!.--/- ;,rii{..; / : , , i380..'ir-CXVI ("Came Neptunus") ' ; - , •:•_,.'• •>- -i >:-•.'-; --:w385• H-CXX.("I have tried to write Paradise") . . .. " ,i! -'387
<•}'- . • SIEGFRIED SASSOON (1886-1967) . .f -.>, ••:-.^- - 3 8 7• . . 1 • . ^ . . . . n f . .
To" His Dead Body -•<<; 388'Blighters' . 389
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The<?RSar-Guard >.r •- •• - '•,.} ;: \; -.. -•; > • .4 j .! 4 . 3 389Dreamers - •-- - •- 390The General - . :-.'•„ <•. •-'} •:•«">)r -390^Repression of.War Experience ; j . • :i :•;. o 391
'Everyone Sang /r;392.On Passing the New Menin Gate -i;: n? 392- . ' . . . o >'r. • - - .
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H. D. (1886-1961) •.-•v-.-c.'.'Io,-ro393
Oread > ,.,-\ <>' .V !;-T;; ;;-^t.'-395The Pool ' iJ,;'.'/;.,-.v!j:39.5Sea Rose . -.;.•-,.*-./) :,,.;n395.Mid-Dayfs . _ <>: 396Garden . .. -!'•.'. n 396•Sea Violet ?-.;'!-«!-.r.l.,,397iHelen 398•Fragment Sixty-Eight ; :. , ; . •" ri-:!.^: :i 398'Epitaph- ' ..- •.,'••'•:<r:!:'-ji ,:..-''•-••^'•r-,',400THE WALLS. DO NOT FALL ' j. ',', ->"-i\<'' :.: f f , 4 0 1 .; [1] ("An incident here and there") '. !s<;r401! . [4] ("There is a spell, for instance") •-> \-j^ .Mh:.4O2: ' : . [6] ("In nie [the worm] clearly") -Is :•'• \: ..,-<:'? 404
[39].("We have had too much consecration") 405TRIBUTE TO THE ANGELS 405>: [24]'("Every hour, every moment'')S; j Ci..; 'jcr\ • ;-1? 405
[25] (-.-. . of-the-no need") -• • - - -- 406'.- • [26] ("One of us said, how odd") i:v.- y\ ••!.. S ?. ;';'.; 406' ; ' [27] ("And yet in some very subtle way") ~ . J «'i .407•">. [28] ("I had been thinking of Gabriel") i >: !407
y .' . [29] ("We have seen her") •-. >» 408' [30] ("We see her hand in her lap") •.,•=•!••• > ' i i 1M -nxhtf". f 4 0 9
.'• '•• [31] ("But n o n e of t hese , n o n e of these") " . ! ( > ' •' ' i .-.-. ' • '(••••:ti •-:'.•}••;'-.- -if\ *4l'O
* " • [36], ("Ah [you say] , this is Holy W i s d o m " ) '..- - i : : •; ;:!-,r,v'. .•.('•• •-> t:-3.-.41O
• : [37] ("This is a symbol of b e a u t y [you con t inue ] " ) _ >fn . ' : . . . ! , , » } ' ; 4!}'l
' '• '•. [38] ("O yes—you u n d e r s t a n d , I say") 1. ; 1 . . : \-'f,i:.'- " 4 1 1
: ! [39] ("But n e a r e r t h a n G u a r d i a n Angel") (-.'• ••:•.'••>') IT1 ,- : ' l j J J 4 1 2
: ' [40] ("This is n o r u n e n o r symbol") -.. : . . . i:>'.:;' .'."•' ' i 4 1 3
ir'j": [41] ("She car r ied a book; e i the r to imply") -.'" '-'.•'"» 4 1 3
<-'C." . • .. . , O i . / i y t T i '.-: il.i< - T P S I , : h : ! ; - • / < ! •_••! , ' - i o , - . •.,•' ) 5 5 7 - .
•*•-.'? R O B I N S O N J E F F E R S \ ' ( I 8 8 7 - I 9 6 2 ) : - r ; ; >: i ; : - > > . f . v l 4 1 4
Shine, Perishing Republic ("'i-y'..i'! 1 •:•!•- •'"' v t.- \ ?<• •':',') ' <>!<'" 415t'Fawn's Foster-Mother (' u ..•«.;:>', -.iv;?'/' ' ?.">. 0 4 1 6'-Hurt Hawks (•'--.-.'.i:.;' •);•:> •jrUuiu'.. A \"; /j'i416Rock and Hawk 417Ave Caesar - . . 418The Purse-Seine - ^ r - ^ ' ' : • * - 1 " ; - ' - 5 " i r ; ; ' ... 418-Carmel Point - — — - - • 419;Vulture ' •..';!?'!ti«-fi :<;U420
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i . " ^ ' ~\ E D W I N M U I R (1887-1959)' ~ ry,-.. -.-.• •,•.. 420
•Ballad of Hector in Hades ; ; ^nlo'i'.J ;',A2;1The Wheel ' 422
' The Absent ' 423
The Horses &&-.>&) .0 -i^D «ovl 4 2 4
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rtPf EDITH SITWELL (1887-1964) !•!'«.•! i i.425
( F A g A D E • . - • • . . . . -, . i ) H'-Ai
Aubade 426Country Dance 427
Still Falls the Rain . 0 ,, v ., .., ... 428
'the PoetfLaments the Comm£of b i d ' A g F ^ 1 3 f l U A ; J 429
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«.. -. )-jniifi r.i-jl mii j . !7. 1 , ' M A R I A N N E M O O R E (1887-1972) . , ; - ,V ! (,,i . ; 430
j o a.Steam Roller H.,f).f . . . ^ 'J,^,,,-^ ^f3,3
Critics and Connoisseurs ;._,,,433!Black Earth . , ,..•^'.;/"l434..The Fish ' " ' " ' j .^^36In the Days of Prismatic Colour 437Poetry 438England 439
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•ATf Octopus "" ~~ '441To a Snail " i n v ' i " ' -^46(TTie Steeple-Jack — y.d-i-vn i sib -,\ . t O !o J u 1 ^The Pangolin ;\r;ui:,H •),-.- 4 '4g
The.Paper Nautilus rt':"1 : ' :"'1! '<wyA ' ' V / -M'i'in-iu^sii
What Are Years? ':'• " u ? rl ; l7 ' b t :452He "Digesteth Harde Yron" 4.53
6'.)? '(c\'£r~efJ\n VAJJI.'.'i T'-.J-Ji-'i'V .r't aMO'i^_ _ _ — . — „ _ j O H N - G R O W E RANSOM-(I888-1974) 455
iBells for John Whiteside's Daughter oiji .u:45i6
Here Lies a Lady ' -i ."••''457'Piazza Piece ;»nr457Dead Boy ', Ibi^^v -|;'!v! b ra u.-.rn.-iVy t nioi- oni i;i>458
• Painted Head L [iir/jO bni. ^r.-./ -2 ,;/oi/ : miii non.i ;wi.-.-459
^ ; t ' T.S. ELIOT (1888-1965) J " n f u !?Wli:ll':j s:460
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 463
!Rreludes (:.r]y,~i,':-Si) H?.i3JZ>!\>A c!j/vsis^;iA 466Whispers of.Immortality—t i-- —~ — 468,'Sweeney among the Nightingales - ';.; it-o""! 469
Gerontion 'iho W-><li'T :-IT\I 4,7.0
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(THE%ASTE LAND jV^Pi- !?••') fl!c"d i - i . /o j 472
Journey of the-Magi — • - - -- — - 4 8 7Little Gidding •-,'.< '';"• •:; ;o;-- . :! V- ; .,!488
IVOR G U R N E Y (1890-1937) * ' • 495
To His Love 496'""First Time In :\?,':-I~X£-A) ': i\-r--,i:-\Tw>-\ 4 9 6
Laventie - — - - - - - - — , - - • — -- - 497
The Silent One • '•' 498
".'.'. ."a CLAUDE MCKAY (1890-1948) ... : ' " f ' ' r ' ' " " " " ' \ '498
A Midnight Woman to the Bobby 500
The Harlem Dancer . . t 501' • I f W e M u s t D i e i : . - ' ; n : - ; ' - - • ) J J S - ; ' v 1 . ; < i v : - ; • ; , , , - / ! 5 Q ]
The Lynching "' ~ ' " " ~~." ~"'5Q2The Tropics in New York '';i"-':' " ' ' : ' J l ' 502America • • " ^^'"'-'^ • '•"•"••• ! S 0 i
T h e White City • !'r< '•!; ' , ; ' J 5 0 ^
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, . , ISAAC-ROSENBERG (1890-1918) () ,;504
()The Mirror - Z.]'y, ,.505,fBreak of Day in the Trenches — - ... < .{, ,,. ,~~> . 5 , 0 5Louse Hunting ' , ,;,..., ^ .5.06
^R^turning, We Hear the Larks ,,,,,,-, ,,5 ,• .,',.,, cj ,506rDead Man's Dump c:,vv .- ,.,/4 ,;i,5O7
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY (1892-1950) 509
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cRecue rdo , - - . . . . ; - u'ru>s~' •?',,;.•.'•.*ii!vv r:-o« -.<•'' s-i5.ip\Grown-Up"Spring
;:[I,'.Being Born a Woman and Distressed]'[Gazing upon Him Now, Severe and Dead][Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat nor Drink] . .
The-Return ,. . . .T o a Calvinist in Bali /..-.-, ,, i<-,.?., ;l :, ,-
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tThe End of the World : >i '<• :n516You, Andrew Marvell 516
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,-:f; H U G H M A C D I A R M I D ( 1 8 9 2 - 1 9 7 8 ) '*'>*•• •>•• ••<•• •••... : T , » , - . 5 1 7
The Sauchs in the Reuch Heuch Hauch i \ 'l;>>. >ni , . ,r,;;i / - , 5 1 9In the Pantry |i 1: r-'-^v-., bry W.M\YJ In r.' J / J 5 2 O
• Cloudburst and Soaring Moon \>:vi ••) ••• Siln r: 1 .< • 520
Parley of Beasts 'r • ' :.•;. '-.' >\ ' r,C: •• .- 521OWha's the Bride? • : ; 11 •:;--. -n ..-;• r- 1: 521Another Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries , ; ;> ! ; :> -^ i . 522British Leftish Poetry, 1930-40 I..//01 . •:•• •;, r,H , ,-., b-..;: -JICW522• • j O ' . i - i u ; : ; ; < c ; . u , . M .,',:.vv -,:-r1!:. { •
WILFRED OWEN (1893-1918)
Anthem for Doomed Youth ,v,"},-; _\r,?-, •) vi £ r C-r: > .;-l:
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S.I.W. .,;,.Greater LoveMental CasesDisabledExposure
DOROTHY PARKER (1893-1967) . , . 535
.Resume . ,_ % ^'."T \ "'.',' '."53 t6One Perfect Rose "' "" '"' ' ' .';' 536
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Observation ~'~ . .. 1 : , • • • » . - . 536Oscar Wilde % : ' i ; " " ' ' i ' ' . ' ^ . . \ ',",','' 537George Sand ., , 5 3 7
CHARLES REZNIKOFF (1894-1976) 537,-'V f .^ rpf - - , -c8! ' ; i > , o i n,• , / . . • • -
[Oh Brooklyn Bridge I S a w a Man Drop Dead.] ^ "" 538
[The Shopgirls Leave Their Work] ' ' ' y ' : ; / 538;["l Walked through the Lonely Marsh] ! ' ; ; ' ';'} •'-';'" | '
! ' - : ' - 1 ; i ^ . ! ; ; I • - ' • ' • ' 5 3 8'[It'Had Long Been Dark, though'StiiPan5 Hour Before'-Supper-Time1.] ' ' ' : " ' 539[Walk about the Subway Station] > • : / ^ "'•' ''' 539[About an Excavation] . '•"•' • '•' • •'''• % ' ' 540
Heart and Clock 540
Epitaphs . , " . , , . . 540; f e D e u m " ' i - ^ ' f - d ^ f ! ) r-:;:A,.3 '/i iJUA 5 4 2
From Early~History"of a Writer ' "" 542' H O L O C A U S T ; • ; . - I ; ; ' ! . H • ?-•'}:• <.:;'• . 5 ^ 3
• r ; r IX. Entertainment ;;-'.-;•.'I. n , . . v , - , • . - . . W ^ j
-."3 • E.E.'CUMWINGS)(1894-1962) 545
[in Just-] ii-.jL546[Buffalo Bill 's] •>••';..•.• 547
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[Q? s w e e t spontaneous] f''i;p?--.';^s?r) or;.i;i'\iO.,,-••.*••; .-r.J'j'-.' 547• •"[the Cambridge-ladies -who-live-in-furnished souls] . — 548t[i was sitting in mcsorley's] i^<o:. r i I'.-v.'/i-', n .*•>•-;; o i ' t a i i.dinif.f. :S,49.["next to of course god america i] r;sh;;c JH .550.'.[my sweet old etcetera] n.r^n; .,;-*>:.t,:
= b-r-.i j-nj.nJbm55O[i sing of Olaf glad and big] ,•*••<d:,f» "io vi! 55'1
![r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r] •Aii-,'} -jdl ?'crf\\552.'[may i feel said he] jiiiiKms-jifjIf! Vi Yip"?/ r:.j ;,;> rl.-,Bill's •fjriu352^[anyone lived in a pretty how town] C t C i . ' i n.,-, r.1? if,h'lxi ff-^,553
[rriy father moved through dooms of love] 554[pity this busy monster,manunkind] 556
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••-? JEAN T O O M E R (1894-1967) ! ! " : ' ' ; E l - ^ ' ' a •<''> " ' ^ ' 5 5 6
'Her Lips Are Copper Wire . . - . • y ;- io5 ;58
"November Cotton Flower-Portrait in GeorgiaSong of the Son .
^Georgia Dusk'-:<'. , b ' t l J : '•>(!
ROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985) 562
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•ST . , (r0o._£o8i) <ii;i;]Ac] YHTO^CC ITTThe Cool Web . ,• ^.. '.. . . . . . . ,-..;,.. . - ;563Ogres and pygmies ... 563Down, Wanton, Down! ,( '^ , 564
'Recalling War , , ,. .__ _ _ 'J'^'-^'^^565..To Juan at the Winter Solstice . », 566The Persian Version , " 56.7The Blue-Fly ' " - " " ' ' i ; r i>568
! „ . . " D A V I D JONES_(-^L895-]97.4)._ 569
PARENTHESIS : - ; ~ I4wfj'•^Af'-^-y ^d^\Z :^JPH t f Part 4. King Pellam's Launde (lines 1-41) : , j ^ , . r , ; v , ;o n , ,J . .n , f!-,.jr,-.,ii t j i i ! . ; , 'Fpu,-;; Part 7. The Five.JUnmistakableiMarkSjJhnes^SSy,^ }>w / i ,,,.,,3 . ; f u j {,,,{-; 5 7;2
tTHE ANATHEMATA ' ' " ' " " ' ' " " " " '"" '' "\^1?''Z«h* *rh «.'rf* 'MJ.7?(,.;? 'Part III. Angle-Land . In,,^,,^3 m- Suo'fR?
V. '-"' - '.'' l ' ' ' " ' . . J - J O O bur. Jn.'ii-Ji;;-1: ' ' ' " . , . . H'.i<-|iiikfi' .;.^' ••'•'• : ' ' - A U S T I N CLARKE (1896-1974) f. ! [J :>, (580
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(iThe Planter's Daughter " r-jAJOi5^1
The Young Woman of Beare ;i(-rnH'i!vin-i '•'!.
587
..Mfedusa . • .(; J-j-tui.587-Kriowjedge , , jV Viti <>!tSf58S
WomenThe AlchemistCassandraNight -
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HARLEM GALLERY
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MELVIN TOLSON .(1898^.966), 590
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HART CRANE (1899-1932) 604
Black Tambourine
Chaplinesque
Repose of Rivers
At Melville's Tomb
Voyages
THE BRIDGE
Royal PalmThe Broken Tower
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609
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6 4 7 •
647
ALLEN TATE (1899-1979) •649
Mr. PopeOde to the Confederate DeadThe Swimmers
:!'t649•< ,::650' ^'652
BASIL BUNTING (1900-1985) ui'65 5
On the Fly-Leaf of Pound's CantosBRIGGFLATTS
il ("Brag, sweet tenor bull")What the Chairman Told Tom
,-:-• 656
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YVOR W I N T E R S (1900-1968) -.1 661
The, Slow Pacific SwellBy the Road to the Air-BaseJohn Sutter
i;,' -663
LAURA RIDING (1901-1991) -J..^:665
The Map of PlacesFbotfailingDeath as Death
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TJie Troubles of a Book •<:.•,: > 6 6 7-'•'Dihg-Donging • • ' . • • . . ; f,i'»rh;/ -668
With the Face • - • ,,•.,••,•669
STERLING'"BROWN' (1961-1989) 669
Odyssey of Big Boy . ' ' , , ' 671Southern Road ] ~ 673Ma Rainey ".674
Strong Men ,675Memphis Blues 677Slim Greer 679
Slfriffih Atlanta [ ,.-.,s - . , . - , - 6 8 0
Sporting Beasley ••-•-•: J ^ g 2
OidLem " " " ", 77683
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"• • ' LANGSTON H U G H E S (1902-1967) , . ^ ,684
The Negro Speaks of Rivers ir-iV-i k.-687When Sue Wears Red . . . j7,.n. <:'(,-H 688
The Weary Blues . 688Suicide's Note 689Cross... - (pro. -pj-'lr, iiA'i I<-J:...< 689Lament over Love-- . - - — - 690
Ro'; Boy Blues . . , r l 690Song for a Dark Girl •. ; • ~'~ hi,YA ',:<,: \.y.iu-,") -iHi ..» -.691Gal's Cry for a Dying Lover <"?r r :i vc; ;69;1Bad Man ' 692Hard Daddy 692Drum ;;:-?-j!-oop; i .?,t-urw;icl J'EAfi 693Sylvester's Dying Bed ...-.v,__. _ - - , — . , — « . -. —693.The Bitter River . . . . . •>.. } ..; ..m;,/' •'„•!,:-.. • .:;• -L <<fh 694Morning After *• i'fvj-K>: ,696Madam's Past History , , ("!!I.H! ia. ;'.,;'.-•»• ..>in3") 1697Madam and Her Madam . , . -. . . . . .<ioT b!-.> v"r.i. ;'r U/iJ -i-h J J . 697Blue Bayou 698Silhouette , . ,- 699Life Is Fine ( ^ e r - o o 3,) i;,3 c•.-.¥•' f-uvY 699MONTAGE OF A-DREAM-DEFERRED -700I;)!Dream Boogie ,.^ - -,' . ... ' .haf •xl<-J;^ ,-rr'it' '700
r Dead in There i : : j i; /" -701125th Street , c , 702Theme for English B 702
jBoogie: 1 A.M. {'f-uf- ro;jr) DV.I-.I>- A ^ U A J 703Nightmare Boogie .- . . . - _ . . - — . .. — -703
-Dream Boogie: Variation .. . . . . ;.;r>*J Vio ;•,•.''••'. J.04-, Harlem •,niU^h'7O4
f CCONTENTS \j lixxi'
Ivivjs •: • •• . STEVIE; SMITH r(.i 962^1971) 705
Sunt Leones " v " '•'••;.•,•/', s;706
This Englishwoman ;. -; ;o'l •-,<\ii --rl1 i'U'. sijj707
Souvenir de Monsieur Poop • iii;nn.;!"i Jsu'7,07
Our Bog Is Dood 708
God the Eater • - » . . - . . 709
Not Waving-but Drowning'-;pi_KQv,,-'s i-t.•/,./.AI/A>| ;Qi ' i fv : ! 710
Thoughts about the.Person frbm.Porlbck __711 •
A.House of Mercy ' •'•-• • --i.i.-.-jY.-'; <h:i '»•-,, f; ;r;'- ' ' . - iZ.l;?. E x e a t r ,->,- -;!i ;.i-.:;;.•) 7 ) 1 3T o . C a r r y t h e C h i l d .• , X J f > .,,:, ...- , , . j , ;.,,, j v . c ; / . . . ( j ,.; / t | ; y ; : 7 1 4
'Rretty , : • .- .. , - ,.-. ' ' , 7 1 5
LORINE NlEDECKER (1903-1970) 716
[Well; Spring.Overflows the Land] 717[Swept Snow, Li Po] {v:^s~<0^ • .-:**?:•:•'•• '/f,i:i(* v:,..- -i^-i 7 1 7
[What Horror"to Awake at Night] "" " " ' ~ 717;[New-Sawed] ;-'L-'-! •y-!>!7'l':8Poet ' sWork - - - •• i '1 ' : : - ; "" l : / ; ''v'1 v " ' ! ; ' j ; ! ' J - ' '718'[Something in the Water] " .-./,'^-r,..,. .;,';>• ^ 7 j 9![P6pcorn-Can Cover] i ii=i:;i;«t; •• ,..- .»:., JV>\ ?...-/ .1719
•My Life by Water i [ " ! : v ! : ; i : -'-''!i -: •>'-<•-"•••••MwAO a.-, o-yjt ,
Thomas Jefferson 'l'"-''1; ; " ; ! ' 720''"7 i i ; I H
COUNTEE CULLEN (1903-1946) 726
"•.Yet.poJ. Marvel... - _ ._ . ' " . _1. _.._ i. .727Atlantic City Waiter ' ^•-,-.'1 t!- j.--.rF.:,.., -. .-/ .727(Incident ' " ,;',.,;,,.-; 728,(For a Lady I Know , ,... ,j-) .;.,,.=.- ,728
-Heritage .j A,. •, ,7,29
Louis ZUKOFSKY (1904-1978) ' r !732
Poem Beginning "The" - 733'•'^'[Dedication]- ' ' " {••?•?<• •'?< 2^i -: iT'^«>' "HT3MK:>i 7 3 3
First Movement: "And~out~bf'olde~bokes,~iri~good'feith" "" 7341;-'"Fifth Movement: Autobiography ''''-'' ' ' 7 3 6To'MyWash-Stand , ' ,'H.,vfH^r.j.j^
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! '""". • • . RICHARD EBERHART (b. 1904) zv/huoP. f-jsri''/ -740
The Groundhog . (•'i-.-iHie j.-I^-oth ' 5;:rf..' -.M .i;-- ii-jY", 7i740-;Th~e Fury of Aerial Bombardment '."<n-.; i'ti>- -srol ;-i.i":.!f.:jv1"> i ( ' - r 741
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742
Two Songs ' >'.:• •: ..'. i i 7 4 3
W h e r e A r e t h e W a r P o e t s ? • •:- -i-i • • . : . • , ' : . . ' ? 7 . 4 4
A l m o s t H u m a n : -.•:>,••- -;i ,-i - - . : / ..4, :,r, i/ :7.44
P A T R I C K K A V A N A G H ( 1 9 0 4 - 1 9 6 7 ) * ' ! •"'• i i ' : ! • ' • ' • • ' 7 4 5
Iriniskeen Road: July EveningTHE GREAT. HUNGER
I ("Clay is the word and clay is the flesh")EpicCanal^BankWalk
ComeSDance with Kitty StoblingIn.Memory of My Mother
ROBERT PENN WARREN (1905-1989)
Bearded OaksWhere the Slow Fig's Purple Sloth .
AUDUBON: A VISION ;.,.,
.., - 1 . Was Not the Lost DauphinThere's a Grandfather's Clock in the Hall.Evening Hawk
Fear and TremblingMuted Music
; •• •" "• "STANLEY'KUNITZ (b."i9O5)"~ ' "
The War against the TreesThe PortraitThe Magic Curtain
the Catch 'Day of ForebodingThe RoundTouch Me '
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,-,;", KENNETH REXROTH (1905-1982) ;,,.,,, - , :L/JJ765
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Delia Rexroth ' J v r . , ,-..., .. • , r , ,3. ,,•;. r;,;;i766-Andree Rexroth ., . ,c ,.-_,i..-: /,• .,\f76JBlues .' ' ' 767Homer in Basic 768Proust's Madeleine 769The Wheel Revolves ;';.<. :; '" .'; -.:••-.• --• '-V' ;r,:.v-' \r\ 770-THE LOVE-POEMS-OF-MARICHIKO • - •-- 7-7*1
;•.,..: IV ("You ask me what I thought about") -yv'.'~-<-y>,l. -77il
' :-\ VII ("Making love with you") !.- •!•>!•• . u n a ' h !, <;•.,) h , ,;•••"' ' 7 7 - 2
C O N T E N T S \ / jxxiii
* , j i x f "You wake me") ' ' • - vsy.r' J l ; oil? ••:/7.72' i. XXV ("Your tongue thrums and moves") in i i .Ti ' > -,ir:Y i:s,772
-; j XXVII ("As I came from the") ,rhM - 7 7 2XXXI ("Some day in six inches of") 772
XXXII ("I hold your head tight between") . 773
v . --.XXXIII ("I cannot forget") o o o ?_N- n r . rV r,-,y-; .1 '.. "' 773.....>PQUV(^yer^moniirig,.r)J.ll._..ll_^ '_ ".'.. __!.._ _' 773-•, LVIII ("Half in a dream") , ; i i u i , .773
, ; . LIX ("Lhate this shadow of a ghost") ... -» r ,o i 1!../1 ,773. • ,: LX ("Chilled through, I wake up") .,.,;.;i, ; '^'uo'{ 0 " , 7.74
JOHN BETJEMAN (1906-1984) 774
JTheArreltoLOscar.Wilde at the.Cadogan Hotel :, .._ 7.75plough -- , . . . - . . . - . . . . ' . . . . ,.,x..-f .,.-.,77,6
jAn Incident in the Early Life of Ebenezer Jones, Poet, 18281;!,,-,^ ,,(•! ,,; !U,,f,i , ,-• 7i77-In Westminster Abbey . , ,779The Cottage Hospital -,;8u,,;,.,-,,.,,78.0
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-Villanelle .. i 'ulib.'ns!! '»• .^n.'.i 781
-Ignorance of Death f •'"'~<782Missing Dates . ' ' 783
783
'The Secret Agent
This Lunar Beauty -'The WandererWho's. Who '.„ ,On This Island . ^ J
Lullaby; Spain ,
As I Walked Out One EveningIn Time of War ..
if".XIV (' Yes, we are going to suffer) now;",the!sky'')J0 03HTXVII (^They are and suffer; that is all'they do:")-
f ~.-J XVIII ("Far from the heart of culture he was used:")5The Capital%Musee des Beaux Arts'In-Mem'ory of W. B. Yeats":The Unknown Citizen *
iSeptember 1, 1939.'Im'Memory of Sigmund Freud
vIri",Praise of LimestonetThe Shield of Achilles
!Horae Canonicae •tsJTu.vrfoS iicvl brr ..'bi-i-.d-JC 1icrfl. Prime
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Prologue at Sixty , '"M.•. J-.!I,.- L.O>'•'.• XJ 811
"'A New Year Gree t ing - • '.•a-z-vrr- >'• s; -:«:'!---H :>:';iiii; -i.•••'/"' V \ X 814
A Lullaby ;%r!- .,;.--.-i'* -:./iaj > ;A"; U V V . 815
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A . D . H O P E ( 1 9 0 7 - 2 0 0 0 ) ' i ' > - ' : ' ' •'•'•iS'--!'"- i ! J - / / ; j 8 1 7
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Aust ra l i a .. ' • i* .>:;,.;;,-;:.. n . 1(r<i"i ?f»7.- g l y
Observat ion Ca r . - : ' W ^ ••-• 'y-*dmA? ,,..-ij ..v rH*) . ; L , 8 1 g
Advice to Young Ladies ; V ' ; ! ; ' ! ; U - ' ; -*:»•<<••''' '<->••<,•.:'• X": <J. 8 1 9
Beware of Ruins 821
- - -^— - — - LOUIS~MACNEICE~(T9O7=1963) - --822
N a t u r e M o r t e ' • ! i ' : ! l 8 2 3
An E c l o g u e for Christmas '1- ' : • : - 1 '< i- ' ' s r ! ! i i '^w;<, i : j ?.-.--i!i,« yh.Vi ;<-!; .:; !--;!,i;;-v-? 8 2 3
Snow , {-'"'• v.i!,-a;/fn,!-jV?827
'Bagpipe Music . • . - - «J'jiqaH-l--.;.;:.;0u ^ :,827The Sunlight on the Garden 828Carrickfergus 829:Brother Fire ' »»>.;;> 1 -Oc-u.' > n c W f i ] MA1 .• J,'vl' 830The Libertine-._; _L _....!.'. „ - 831Variation on Heraclitus . •.t.'i'/»;.i8.32Charon • . ' li'vAA 1c -530-10832
GEORGE OPPEN (1908-1984) 833
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Solution _.. _ _ f _ . _ _ 834
From Disaster . ; i.-..-,/. ,,.r..,;*-835
;Survival: Infantry •, ,r-;"^3 i u i i ;': ?^5
^Pedestrian • " :-.,-j|,nf,"i %? 5-Psalm . !)t.]y; -. i.,83,6.OF; BEING NUMEROUS -.fini..! v'n\'r §36,'..;.- 1 -9 - . " " " " '."('(1,1.83(6
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tGuttings - - - i'"-.>3?,; zi-w c;! 'i-jt/tfij;; -1-. ,rs-'jij OJ'J rrKHi iHi") f i ! ' /^ ' . 842• Cuttings-(later) -- - - •- F^IJ-JH.'J •-•8'42W e e d ^ u l l e r - . -:Hk :-:i.o'jO ».ah ;rts!843
••My Papa's Waltz ••-•S-JY .0 ••.'/ 'io >,nonfoi^843^Dblor f<->-.:t; r.v,o(iiir)U -844(The Minimal Vtfii ,? v-rJm3Jt84!4rThe Lost Son . • . ' \y.'xi\ Itu-.tniz1--?, io v-!Ofrwi'/84!4
Elegy'for Jane •;noia-;-.'rtJ lo 9.':J£'icl84!9fcThe Waking. • . •• - sy;iMaAlo hhhi? s8'49' Eraii Bauman; Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schwartze o?;!!n::ii.3 9.vi850• I 'Knew a Woman . - • . " :<r,ihH .1 851
CONTENTS •./ ixxv,-
Wish fqifa Young Wife •?•.... 851;
The' Fa?Field ' .'M ->•:../) t..;: i'.r .-.. a,-i,{;852.In a Dark Time 854
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STEPHEN SPENDER (1909-1995) ,,.,,,--)., ,.r855,-
The Funeral
What I ExpectedThe Truly GreatThe Express ' ' t ' ' 'The Landscape near an Aerodrome
T h e P y l o n s . , . . , . . > - , - , ,
• ~ '!& KEITH DOUGLAS (1920-1944)''
Soissons ' 1 '-•:•<". 1 -. s 5
Simplify M e W h e n I 'm D e a d
Gallantry
Verg i s smeinn ich t ''"' ' : ' ! l ' "'' \ '•* °' " "' '" "
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WALT WHITMAN - f i - . <•">•'•'[.'-
From P re face to LEAVES O F GRASS ( 1 8 5 5 ) ' • ' ' • ' -•1--'"ii , • . , / . 1. <)• n . . 8 6 5
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Letters ' , 8 7 0[Letter 261: Thank You for the Surgery] 25 April 1862 !rLr>,'.'1 -;I-L:8-70'
•••:. [Letter 265: Will You Be My Preceptor?] 7 June 1862: ) ,,,.!,,[Letter 268: My Business Is Circumference] July 1862 "
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• 1 V - •GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS . .< f-(;-[ .y.- /.":,i, '- ' .j-; •/.> ;
L e t t e r s • •• . • • • ' ,<>•-,.,; /• :•'. ?7.J. i .[Sprung Rhythm] August 21 , 1877 , n . ' . ' . -.•i=>!O(V' :t'J;•' 874;
'"[Sprung Rhythm] October 5, 1878 • i ' v . ' i ^ - i ' - ' •• --•,::•>:-• .i. -J j r ; •„ . . • : • g y ^
. [My Poetry Errs on the Side of Oddness] February 15, 1879 .. :c,.,/« .' 876'<' •[The Current Language Heightened] August 14, 1879 IV-CM ) ;>i.i876
W. B.YEATS
The Symbolism of Poetry (1900) ' 877From Introduction [A General Introduction for My Work] (w;fl937)rc,go:iv."i h.ir.8831.
T. E. HULME ' , > ...i1 ^|Frofw Romanticism and Classicism (w. 1911—12) . ^ 889
BLAST (1914) ' s
Long Live the Vortex! ' ' ' • - 897Manifesto—1 " • ' • . 899
Manifesto—2 912
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Feminist Manifesto(w. 1914) bi >: ' : 59211s . ; . . ' ' . . , . , . ' " ..;-.. >t" s , . , . . i
AMY LOWELL, ED.
Preface to SOME IMAGIST POETS (1915) 926
WILFRED OWEN ^ i : *•>?') ^ o • . - ^ ^ *•><•••.-red
Preface (w71918)'" ""' ; "928d i - y •• .. . . . . - . , . i , . ! • -; • ; ?> ' i
E Z R A - P O U N D !;•„>->•;!,/] i '.;<••••'/
ARetrospect(1918) ; : , : > hr/l 928From HOW TO READ (1929, 1931) ,-y,...'}9ty
Tv. S. ELIOT , .
Tradition and the Individual Talent (1919) ' ; t ' ' 94T
From Hamlet (1919) 947
From The Metaphysical Poets (1921);.., ,,. . ;L,--,n .. r r i ^ 949
WILLIAM-CARLOS'WILLIAMS •
From Prologue to KORAIN HELL (1919) " !J-954'' . . . i . ' . ' ! A i i ! m i a',:'-*! -i'-f '! I I - J ' T I VDv.,.H. LAWRENCE .---i.-ii- .r)
The Poetry of the Present [Preface to the American Edition ^-f i r i s i i -,.••>{•-1->'•'•!,,,o of.NEW POEMS] (1919) ;».!>oS6,P
LANGSTON HUGHES
The Negro ArtistandtheRacial Mountain (1926) 964. . . ( , . . . i
HART CRANE
A Letter to Harriet Monroe (1926) -, . . ._.-,n l , 968
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