Chapter I: Part I: (early Verse)

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THE SECRET WAY 4

TERZA RIMA:

I OLD TALK 8

II MAGIC 1

III NIGHT IS HERE 13

BALLADES OF THREE SENSES:

I BALLADE OF EYES THAT SEE 14

II BALLADE OF LISTENING 16

III BALLADE OF OLD PERFUMES 18

HALF THOUGHTS 20

SONNETS AND VARIATIONS:

WHEN DID SPRING DIE? 22

ONE DAWN SHE AWOKE ME 23

THERE ARE WITHIN US LIVES WE NEVER LIVE 24

LAST NIGHT I DREAMED I SAW MY MOTHER YOUNG 25

WHY AM I SILENT? 26

I WANDERED WHERE THE WONDER OF THE SKY-- 27

HERE A HILL FIELD 28

RETURN 29

BY MY SIDE ALL DAY ANOTHER WENT 30

IN J. P. P.’S METRE:

I 31

II 32

III (TO A POET) 33

EXERCISE IN SPENSERIANS 35