NIRVANA DAYS NIRVANA DAYS BY
CALE YOUNG RICE AUTHOR OF CHARLES DI TOCCA, A NIGHT IN AVIGNON,
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
NIRVANA DAYS
INVOCATION ( From a High Cliff ) Sweep unrest Out of my blood,
THE FAIRIES OF GOD
A SONG OF THE OLD VENETIANS
NIRVANA DAYS I If I were in Japan today, In little Japan today,
THE YOUNG TO THE OLD
OFF THE IRISH COAST
A VISION OF VENUS AND ADONIS
SOMNAMBULISM I Night is above me, And Night is above the night.
SERENATA MAGICA ( Venetian ) My gondola is a black sea-swan,
O-SHICHI AND MOTO I
AS OF OLD
A PRAYER
THE SONG OF A NATURE WORSHIPER
THE INFINITE'S QUEST
LAD AND LASS
THE STRONG MAN TO HIS SIRES
AT STRATFORD
THE IMAGE PAINTER
WANDA
IN A STORM ( To a Petrel ) All day long in the spindrift
ANTAGONISTS I Life flung to Art this voice, of mercy bare.
SEEDS
WORLD-SORROW ( The Cry of the Modern ) World-sorrow have I
THE SOUL'S RETURN
BIRTHRIGHT ( To A. H. R. ) My own, among the unnumbered years
ROMANCE ( To A. H. R. on North Cliff, Lynton, Devon )
ON THE ATLANTIC ( To A. H. R. ) Who stood upon that schooner's
BY A SILENT STREAM
THE GREAT BUDDHA OF KAMAKURA TO THE SPHINX
NECROMANCE
LOOK NOT TO THE WEST
A NIKKO SHRINE
THE QUESTION
I'LL LOOK NO MORE
NIGHT'S OCCULTISM
UNCROWNED
WRITTEN IN HELL ( By Sir Giles, whom the Witch of Urm leads to
AT THE HELM ( Nova Scotian ) Fog, and a wind that blows the sea
DEAD LOVE
MORTAL SIN ( Song for a drama ) Much the wind Knows of my
SEA-MAD ( A Breton Maid ) Three waves of the sea came up on the
THE DEATH-SPRITE ( A ballad for God ) A. D. 909 Three kings
WORMWOOD ( In Old England ) What is he whispering to her there
QUEST AND REQUITAL I ( Before He Comes ) Sweet under swooning
LOVE IN EXTREMIS
OVER THE DREGS
BEWITCHED ( On a Devon Moor ) Why do I babble of bitter
QUARREL
OF THE FLESH ( At Monte Carlo ) We met upon the street; Quick
A DEATH SONG ( For a Drama ) Toll no bell and say no prayer,
ON BALLYTEIGUE BAY
NIGHT-RIDERS [1]
HONOR ( To the Night-Riders Who Murdered Hedges ) Honor to men
BRUDE [2] ( A Dramatic Fantasy )
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.
