BOOK II

SING PRAISES

Explanation--Subtlety of the Serpent

De Luxe

Mrs. Freudenthal Consults the Witch of Endor

Night Thoughts

The War-horse Chants

A Touch of Nature

Youth at the Prow, and Pleasure at the Helm

The Manner

The Open Door

Introducing

Malgré Soi

Paradise Regained

Five Portraits and a Group-- I. The General's Wife Refuses II. Aux Bords de la Mer III. Giardino Pubblico IV. Ultimate Judgment V. An Old-Fashioned Sportsman Group: English Tea-rooms

Sunday Afternoon

Corpse Day

My thanks are due to the Editors of _The Nation_, _The Spectator_, _The Weekly Westminster_, _The English Review_, _Art and Letters_, _Form_, _The Dial_, and _Poetry_ (Chicago), for permission to reprint certain of the poems appearing in this volume.