A Boys Will | Page 4

lies not in forward-looking
thoughts;
Flower-gathering
nor yet in any spur it may be to ambition.
Rose Pogonias
He is no dissenter from the ritualism of
nature;
Asking for Roses
nor from the ritualism of youth which is

make-believe.
Waiting--Afield at Dusk
He arrives at the turn of the year.
In a Vale
Out of old longings he fashions a story.
A Dream Pang
He is shown by a dream how really well
it is with him.
In Neglect
He is scornful of folk his scorn cannot
reach.
The Vantage Point
And again scornful, but there is no one
hurt.
Mowing
He takes up life simply with the small
tasks.

Going for Water
Part II
Revelation
He resolves to become intelligible, at
least to himself, since there
is no help else;
The Trial by Existence
and to know definitely what he thinks
about the soul;
In Equal Sacrifice
about love;
The Tuft of Flowers
about fellowship;
Spoils of the Dead
about death;
Pan with Us
about art (his own);
The Demiurge's Laugh
about science.

Part III
Now Close the Windows

It is time to make an end of speaking.
A Line-storm Song
It is the autumnal mood with a difference.
October
He sees days slipping from him that were
the best for what they
were.
My Butterfly
There are things that can never be the
same.

Reluctance
Into My Own
ONE of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they
scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of
gloom,
But stretched away unto the edge of doom.
I should not be
withheld but that some day
Into their vastness I should steal away,

Fearless of ever finding open land,
Or highway where the slow wheel
pours the sand.
I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those
should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss
me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.
They would not
find me changed from him they knew--
Only