The Martyrs' Idyl, and Shorter Poems

CONTENTS

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THE MARTYRS’ IDYL	1
SHORTER POEMS
THE SQUALL	33
MEMORIAL DAY	37
ROMANS IN DORSET	38
VALSE JEUNE	41
THE CHANTRY	42
MONOCHROME	43
THE VIGIL IN TYRONE	44
“BECAUSE NO MAN HATH HIRED US”	48
AN OUTDOOR LITANY	50
VIRGO GLORIOSA, MATER AMANTISSIMA	52
FOUR COLLOQUIES	54
SANCTUARY	58
ORISONS	59
THE INNER FATE: A CHORUS	60
OF JOAN’S YOUTH	62
BY THE TRUNDLE-BED	63
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT	64
ARBORICIDE	65
CHARISTA MUSING	67
THE PERFECT HOUR	69
DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO	70
IN TIME OF TROUBLE	71
AN ESTRAY	73
BORDERLANDS	75
TO THE OUTBOUND REPUBLIC: MDCCCXCVIII	76
ODE FOR A MASTER MARINER ASHORE	78
THE RECRUIT	81

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