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"Ah, do not turn to me that face which is no longerof this world!… There are enough angels toserve the mass in Heaven! Have pity on me, whoam only a man without wings, who rejoiced in thiscompanion God had given me, and that I shouldhear her sigh with her head resting on my shoulder!…the bitterness like the bitterness ofmyrrh… And for you age is already come.But how hard it is to renounce when the heart isyoung!"
A Memorial.
..that we may be able to arrivewith pure minds at the festivalof perpetual light. Through thesame Christ our Lord. Amen.—Oremus.
Think of no verse when you read this,
But think of her alone
And her enduring benefice,
Sunlight on stone.
For day is stone and night is stone
Save she has made them bright,
Now she knows all that may be known
Of day and night.
Courage like hers we have from her,
Strength to be straight and brave,
And noble memories that recur
And heal and save.
By her clear eyes, by her pure brows,
We take the Sign,
And kneel within her Father's house—
And yours and mine.
The first eleven poems in the section entitled, "Before" originallyappeared in my first volume, "Merchants from Cathay" published by theCentury Company. This volume is now out of print and I hold thecopyright. The three poems following these originally appeared in mysecond volume, "The Falconer of God and Other Poems." For permissionto reprint a few of the remaining poems I have to thank the editors ofReedy's Mirror, The Bang, The Lyric, The Madrigal, The Sun Dial(New York Evening Sun), Everybody's Magazine, The CenturyMagazine, and "Books and the Book World" (New York Sunday Sun).For the group, "The Long Absence" in the section entitled, "After," Iowe thanks to The Yale Review.
BEFORE
The Snare of the Fowler
Thwarted Utterance
The Song of Her
"Always I Know You Anew"
The Rival Celestial
The Tamer of Steeds
Love in Armor
Wardrobe of Remembrance
The Second Covenant
Dedication to a First Book
The Shadowed Road
Love in the Dawn
"Had I a Claim to Fame?"
The One
Dream and Deed
A Taper of Incense
To Purity
Atonement
The Adoration
Talisman
Recognition
The Silver Hind
Aristeas Relates His Youth
Man Possessed
Miniature
Death Will Make Clear
Sunlight
And a Long Way Off He Saw Fairyland
In Time of Trouble
Anomaly
The Lover
Judgment
Unforgotten
The Pale Dancer
Premonition
AFTER
Introductory Poem
The Long Absence
By the Counsel of Her Hands
Strength Beyond Strength
Que Sais-Je?
Ebb-Tide
Coward
Aquilifer
The Woman
Pervigiliu