TO

JAMES LANE ALLEN

WITH FRIENDSHIP AND
FAITHFUL ESTEEM

FOREWORD

A few of the poems of this volume are retained from two of the author's earlier volumes which are now out of print. The rest are new.

CONTENTS

NON-DRAMATIC:PAGE
[Invocation][3]
[The Fairies of God][4]
[A Song of the Old Venetians][6]
[Nirvana Days][8]
[The Young to the Old][21]
[Off the Irish Coast][23]
[A Vision of Venus and Adonis][24]
[Somnambulism][26]
[Serenata Magica][28]
[O-Shichi and Moto][31]
[As of Old][40]
[A Prayer][42]
[The Song of a Nature Worshiper][43]
[The Infinite's Quest][45]
[Lad and Lass][46]
[The Strong Man to His Sires][48]
[At Stratford][53]
[The Image Painter][54]
[Wanda][56]
[In a Storm][60]
[Antagonists][61]
[Seeds][63]
[World-Sorrow][64]
[The Soul's Return][67]
[Birthright][69]
[Romance][71]
[On the Atlantic][73]
[By a Silent Stream][74]
[The Great Buddha of Kamakura to the Sphinx][76]
[Necromance][78]
[Look Not to the West][79]
[A Nikko Shrine][81]
[The Question][83]
[I'll Look No More][85]
[Night's Occultism][86]
MORE OR LESS DRAMATIC:PAGE
[Uncrowned][87]
[Written in Hell][88]
[At the Helm][93]
[Dead Love][94]
[Mortal Sin][96]
[Sea-Mad][97]
[The Death-Sprite][99]
[Wormwood][103]
[Quest and Requital] (A Quatorzain Sequence)[105]
[Love in Extremis][112]
[Over the Dregs][114]
[Bewitched][116]
[Quarrel][118]
[Of the Flesh][120]
[A Death Song][123]
[On Ballyteigue Bay][125]
[Night-Riders][129]
[Honor][132]
[Brude, a Dramatic Fantasy][135]