CONTENTS

POEMS

PREFACEp. [xi]
QUEENS[1]
IN KERRY[3]
A WISH[4]
THE ’MERGENCY MAN[5]
DANNY[6]
PATCH-SHANEEN[8]
ON AN ISLAND[10]
BEG-INNISH[11]
EPITAPH[12]
THE PASSING OF THE SHEE[13]
ON AN ANNIVERSARY[14]
THE OAKS OF GLENCREE[15]
A QUESTION[16]
DREAD[17]
IN GLENCULLEN[18]
I’VE THIRTY MONTHS[19]
EPITAPH[20]
PRELUDE[21]
IN MAY[22]
ON A BIRTHDAY[23]
WINTER[24]
THE CURSE[25]

TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH
SONNETS FROM “LAURA IN DEATH”

LAURA BEING DEAD, PETRARCH FINDS
TROUBLE IN ALL THE THINGS OF
THE EARTH		[29]
HE ASKS HIS HEART TO RAISE ITSELF
UP TO GOD		[30]
HE WISHES HE MIGHT DIE AND FOLLOW
LAURA		[31]
LAURA IS EVER PRESENT TO HIM[32]
HE CEASES TO SPEAK OF HER GRACES
AND HER VIRTUES WHICH ARE NO
MORE		[33]
HE IS JEALOUS OF THE HEAVENS AND
THE EARTH		[34]
THE FINE TIME OF THE YEAR INCREASES
PETRARCH’S SORROW		[35]
HE UNDERSTANDS THE GREAT CRUELTY
OF DEATH		[36]
THE SIGHT OF LAURA’S HOUSE REMINDS
HIM OF THE GREAT HAPPINESS HE
HAS LOST		[37]
HE SENDS HIS RHYMES TO THE TOMB
OF LAURA TO PRAY HER TO CALL
HIM TO HER		[38]
ONLY HE WHO MOURNS HER, AND
HEAVEN THAT POSSESSES HER, KNEW
HER WHILE SHE LIVED		[39]
LAURA WAITS FOR HIM IN HEAVEN[40]

TRANSLATIONS FROM VILLON
AND OTHERS

PRAYER OF THE OLD WOMAN, VILLON’S
MOTHER		[43]
AN OLD WOMAN’S LAMENTATIONS[44]
COLIN MUSSET, AN OLD POET, COMPLAINS
TO HIS PATRON		[46]
WALTER VON DER VOGELWEIDE[48]
LEOPARDI—SILVIA[49]