THE WINDING STAIR AND OTHER POEMS

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CONTENTS

IN MEMORY OF EVA GORE-BOOTH AND CON MARKIEWICZ

DEATH

A DIALOGUE OF SELF AND SOUL

BLOOD AND THE MOON

OIL AND BLOOD

VERONICA’S NAPKIN

SYMBOLS

SPILT MILK

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND AFTER

STATISTICS

THREE MOVEMENTS

THE SEVEN SAGES

THE CRAZED MOON

COOLE PARK, 1929

COOLE AND BALLYLEE, 1931

FOR ANNE GREGORY

SWIFT’S EPITAPH

AT ALGECIRAS - A MEDITATON UPON DEATH

THE CHOICE

MOHINI CHATTERJEE

BYZANTIUM

THE MOTHER OF GOD

VACILLATION

QUARREL IN OLD AGE

THE RESULTS OF THOUGHT

GRATITUDE TO THE UNKNOWN INSTRUCTORS

REMORSE FOR INTEMPERATE SPEECH

STREAM AND SUN AT GLENDALOUGH

WORDS FOR MUSIC PERHAPS

A WOMAN YOUNG AND OLD