Part 3

Cistercians might crack their sides THE NUPTIALS OF ATTILA, 162

Flat as to an eagle’s eye, ANEURIN’S HARP, 180

Prince of Bards was old Aneurin; MEN AND MAN, 186

Men the Angels eyed; THE LAST CONTENTION, 187

Young captain of a crazy bark! PERIANDER, 190

How died Melissa none dares shape in words. SOLON, 195

The Tyrant passed, and friendlier was his eye BELLEROPHON, 197

Maimed, beggared, grey; seeking an alms; with nod PHAÉTHÔN, 200

At the coming up of Phoebus the all-luminous charioteer, A Reading of Earth SEED-TIME, 209

Flowers of the willow-herb are wool; HARD WEATHER, 211

Bursts from a rending East in flaws THE SOUTH-WESTER, 215

Day of the cloud in fleets! O day THE THRUSH IN FEBRUARY, 220

I know him, February’s thrush, THE APPEASEMENT OF DEMETER, 226

Demeter devastated our good land, EARTH AND A WEDDED WOMAN, 231

The shepherd, with his eye on hazy South, MOTHER TO BABE, 234

Fleck of sky you are, WOODLAND PEACE, 235

Sweet as Eden is the air, THE QUESTION WHITHER, 236

When we have thrown off this old suit, OUTER AND INNER, 237

From twig to twig the spider weaves NATURE AND LIFE, 239

Leave the uproar: at a leap DIRGE IN WOODS, 240

A wind sways the pines, A FAITH ON TRIAL, 241

On the morning of May, CHANGE IN RECURRENCE, 260

I stood at the gate of the cot HYMN TO COLOUR, 261

With Life and Death I walked when Love appeared, MEDITATION UNDER STARS, 265

What links are ours with orbs that are WOODMAN AND ECHO, 268

Close Echo hears the woodman’s axe, THE WISDOM OF ELD, 270

We spend our lives in learning pilotage, EARTH’S PREFERENCE, 270

Earth loves her young: a preference manifest: SOCIETY, 271