Chapter 2 of 4 · 148 words · ~1 min read

BOOK II

.—ENGLISH

FRATRI DILECTISSIMO—When we were little wandering boys 73

TO LIONEL PHILLIPS—Time, they say, must the best of us capture 76

TO SIR REGINALD TALBOT—I tell of old Virginian ways 77

FROM THE PENTLANDS, LOOKING NORTH AND SOUTH—Around my feet the clouds are drawn 79

THE STRONG MAN ARMED—Gift me guerdon and grant me grace 84

THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE—I have seen thy face in the foray 86

THE SINGER—Cold blows the drift on the hill 88

PROCESSIONAL—In the ancient orderly places 91

AVIGNON, 1759—I walk abroad on winter days 93

THE GIPSY’S SONG TO THE LADY CASSILIS—The door is open to the wall 95

WOOD MAGIC—I will walk warily in the wise woods 97

THE SONG OF THE SEA CAPTAIN—I sail a lone sea captain 99

ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM—Give me a mat on the deck 105

AN ECHO OF MELEAGER—Scorn not my love, proud child 106

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