SUMMER OF LOVE

In Dedication:

CONTENTS

SUMMER OF LOVE

VILLANELLE OF LOVELAND

THURIFER

IN A BOOK-SHOP

EADEM

IN FAIRYLAND

THE SORROWS OF KING MIDAS

SLENDER YOUR HANDS

SLEEP SONG

LOVE’S THOROUGHFARE

WHITE BIRD OF LOVE

TRANSFIGURATION

MY LADY

GIFTS OF SHEE

WHEREVER, WHENEVER

BALLADE OF MY LADY’S BEAUTY

LOVE’S ROSARY

TRIBUTE

MATIN

A VALENTINE

STAR O’ LOVE

FOR A BIRTHDAY

THE USE OF NIGHT

ALCHEMY

WAYFARERS

WITH A MIRROR

PRINCESS BALLADE

LULLABY FOR A BABY FAIRY

GEORGE MEREDITH

“AND FORBID THEM NOT”

A DEAD POET

THE MORNING MEDITATIONS OF FRERE HYACINTHUS

VILLANELLE OF THE PLAYERS

THE MAD FIDDLER

THE GRASS IN MADISON SQUARE

CHEVELY CROSSING

SAID THE ROSE

WHITE MARBLE AND GREEN GRASS

METAMORPHOSIS

ABSINTHE

THEOLOGY

FOR A CHILD

TO J. B. Y.

THE KING’S BALLAD

JESUS AND THE SUMMER RAIN

THE BALLADE OF BUTTERFLIES

THE CLOUDED SUN

IN MEMORIAM: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

BALLAD OF THREE

COURT MUSICIANS

THE DEAD LOVER

THE POET’S EPITAPH

THE SUBWAY

THE OTHER LOVER

AGE COMES A-WOOING

PRAYER TO BRAGI

IMITATION OF RICHEPIN’S BALLADE OF THE BEGGARS’ KING

LOVE AND THE FOWLER’S BOY

THE WAY OF LOVE