The first eleven poems in the section entitled, "Before" originally
appeared in my first volume, "Merchants from Cathay" published by the
Century Company. This volume is now out of print and I hold the
copyright. The three poems following these originally appeared in my
second volume, "The Falconer of God and Other Poems." For permission
to reprint a few of the remaining poems I have to thank the editors of
_Reedy's Mirror, The Bang, The Lyric, The Madrigal_, The Sun Dial
_(New York Evening Sun), Everybody's Magazine, The Century
Magazine_, and "Books and the Book World" (New York Sunday Sun).
For the group, "The Long Absence" in the section entitled, "After," I
owe thanks to _The Yale Review_.