CONTENTS

LEDA[1]
THE BIRTH OF GOD[19]
ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH[21]
SYMPATHY[22]
MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM[23]
FROM THE PILLAR[24]
JONAH[25]
VARIATIONS ON A THEME[26]
A MELODY BY SCARLATTI[27]
A SUNSET[28]
LIFE AND ART[30]
FIRST PHILOSOPHER’S SONG[31]
SECOND PHILOSOPHER’S SONG[32]
FIFTH PHILOSOPHERS SONG[33]
NINTH PHILOSOPHER’S SONG[34]
MORNING SCENE[36]
VERREY’S[37]
FRASCATI’S[38]
FATIGUE[39]
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND[40]
BACK STREETS[41]
LAST THINGS[42]
GOTHIC[43]
EVENING PARTY[44]
BEAUTY[45]
SOLES OCCIDERE ET REDIRE POSSUNT[55]

LEDA

LEDA

BROWN and bright as an agate, mountain-cool,

Eurotas singing slips from pool to pool;

Down rocky gullies; through the cavernous pines

And chestnut groves; down where the terraced vines