Contents

Title Page

Prefatory Note

POEMS (1938)

An Epistle to a Patron

To a Man on his Horse

In the Wood

The Tears of a Muse in America

The Wind in the Tree

On a Gold Night

The Intention

The Token

Words from Edmund Burke

To a Friend on his Marriage

To My Sister

The Letter

Keeper’s Wood

False Bay

The Babiaantje

The Moonflower

In a Province

Chapel-at-Ease

For the Deserted

For Fugitives

For Thieves and Beggars

Cefalù

Chaka

I The King Watches at Night

II He Compares Old Customs with Those of his Kingdom

III How Festivals were Celebrated

IV He Bathes in the Morning

V The People Rest after Conquests