The verses in this book were first
printed in _Life_, _Vanity Fair_, _The New
Yorker_, and _The New York World_.
CONTENTS
PART ONE
THRENODY
THE SMALL HOURS
THE FALSE FRIENDS
THE TRIFLER
A VERY SHORT SONG
A WELL-WORN STORY
CONVALESCENT
THE DARK GIRL'S RHYME
EPITAPH
LIGHT OF LOVE
WAIL
THE SATIN DRESS
SOMEBODY'S SONG
ANECDOTE
BRAGGART
EPITAPH FOR A DARLING LADY
TO A MUCH TOO UNFORTUNATE LADY
PATHS
HEARTHSIDE
THE NEW LOVE
RAINY NIGHT
FOR A SAD LADY
RECURRENCE
STORY OF MRS. W--
THE DRAMATISTS
AUGUST
THE WHITE LADY
I KNOW I HAVE BEEN HAPPIEST
TESTAMENT
"I SHALL COME BACK"
CONDOLENCE
THE IMMORTALS
A PORTRAIT
PART TWO
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
CHANT FOR DARK HOURS
UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE
VERSE REPORTING LATE ARRIVAL AT A CONCLUSION
INVENTORY
NOW AT LIBERTY
COMMENT
PLEA
PATTERN
DE PROFUNDIS
THEY PART
BALLADE OF A GREAT WEARINESS
RÉSUMÉ
RENUNCIATION
DAY-DREAMS
THE VETERAN
PROPHETIC SOUL
VERSE FOR A CERTAIN DOG
FOLK TUNE
GODSPEED
SONG OF PERFECT PROPRIETY
SOCIAL NOTE
ONE PERFECT ROSE
BALLADE AT THIRTY-FIVE
THE THIN EDGE
SPRING SONG
LOVE SONG
INDIAN SUMMER
PHILOSOPHY
FOR AN UNKNOWN LADY
THE LEAL
FINIS
WORDS OF COMFORT TO BE SCRATCHED ON A MIRROR
MEN
NEWS ITEM
SONG OF ONE OF THE GIRLS
LULLABY
FAUT DE MIEUX
ROUNDEL
A CERTAIN LADY
OBSERVATION
SYMPTOM RECITAL
FIGHTING WORDS
RONDEAU REDOUBLÉ
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
THE CHOICE
BALLADE OF BIG PLANS
GENERAL REVIEW OF THE SEX SITUATION
INSCRIPTION FOR THE CEILING OF A BEDROOM
PICTURES IN THE SMOKE
BIOGRAPHIES
NOCTURNE
INTERVIEW
SONG IN A MINOR KEY
EXPERIENCE
NEITHER BLOODY NOR BOWED
THE BURNED CHILD