ETAIN THE BELOVED
AND OTHER POEMS
BY JAMES H. COUSINS
MAUNSEL & COMPANY, LIMITED,
96 MIDDLE ABBEY STREET, DUBLIN
1912
CONTENTS
| ETAIN THE BELOVED | [ 1] |
| POEMS AND LYRICS | |
| DEATH AND LIFE | [49] |
| A SCHOOLBOY PLAYS CUCHULAIN | [ 54] |
| HOW THE MOUNTAINS CAME TO BE | [56] |
| LOVE IN ABSENCE | [ 58] |
| TREES IN WINTER | [60] |
| A SPRING CAPRICE | [62] |
| A SPRING RONDEL | [63] |
| THE FAIRY RING | [64] |
| LABORARE EST ORARE | [65] |
| PARAPHRASES AND INTERPRETATIONS | |
| DAEDALUS AND ICARUS | [69] |
| A PARAPHRASE | [71] |
| HOSPITALITY | [72] |
| THE STUDENT | [73] |
| AT A HOLY WELL | [74] |
| THE PRIEST'S LAKE | [75] |
| SONNETS | |
| A PAPER-SELLER | [79] |
| TO ONE IN PRISON | [80] |
| A HOME-COMING | [ 81] |
| LOVE, THE DESTROYER | [82] |
| ENVOY | |
| THE LOVING CUP | [84] |
| NOTES | [87] |