CONTENTS SHADOWS PAGE HAUNTED 41 A NIGHTMARE 43 Tin MOTHER 44 IN THE BAYOU THE SAILOR S WIFE SPEAKS - 46 48 HUNTED . A DREAM CHILD 50 52 ACROSS THE NIGHT SEA CHANGES THE TAVERN OF DESPAIR 54 56 65 COLORS AND SURFACES A GOLDEN LAD 71 Tin- SAGE AND THE WOMAN 74 NEWS FROM BABYLON 78 A RHYME OF THE ROADS 81 THE LAND OF YESTERDAY 85 OCTOBER 87 ,T OF THE CHANGING HOURS 90 DRKAMS AND DUST SELVES 97 THE WAGES 99 IN MARS, WHAT AVATAR 100 i in GOD-MAKER, MAN 102 f vi 1 CONTENTS 107 I HI PILTDOWN SKULL iot I m Si.iKiR IU VAKINING A SONG OF MEN THE NOBLER LESSON II4 n6 ug AT LAST llt LYRICS KING PANDION, HE Is DEADquot ...... 5 DAVID TO BATHSHEBA ......... 12 j I HI JESTERS ............. 12ampgtJ quot.MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARYquot ..... IJ2 THE TRIOLET ............. FROM THE BRIDGE ........... j- quot PALADINS, PALADIN., YOUTH NOLLE-HEARTEDquot 136 quotMY LANDS, NOT THINEquot ........ I3 g lu A DANCING DOLL .......... 1yJ LOWER NEW YORK A STORM ....... I42 AT SUNSET ............. A CHRISTMAS GIFT Tnr EXPLORERS EARLY AUTUMN quotTIME SIIAI.S FROM LOVEquot Tnr RONDEAU vii CONTENTS THE PARTING l6 AN OPEN FIRE 163 REALITIES REALITIES l67 THE STRUGGLE l68 THE REBEL J74 THE CHILD AND THE MILL 176 quotSic TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDIquot i9 THE COMRADE ENVOI l8r l86 PROEM SO LET THEM PASS, THESE SONGS OF. MINE So let them pass, these songs of mine, Into oblivion, nor repine Abandoned ruins of large schemes, Dimmed lights adrift from nobler dreams, Weak wings I sped on quests divine, So let them pass, these songs of mine. They soar, or sink ephemeral I care not greatly which befall For if no song I e er had wrought. Still have I loved and laughed and fought So let them pass, these songs of mine I sting too hot with life to whine Still shall I struggle, fail, aspire, Lose God, and find Gods in the mire, And drink dream-deep life s heady wine So let them pass, these songs of mine.