Heavens and Earth
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CONTENTS
| TWO VISIONS OF HELEN | |
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| The First Vision of Helen | 3 |
| The Last Vision of Helen | 9 |
| CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN | |
| The Retort Discourteous | 21 |
| Two at the Crossroads | 23 |
| Sir John Rimbeck to the Princess of Acre | 25 |
| Three Days’ Ride | 26 |
| The Plow (A New England Tragedy) | 30 |
| THE TALL TOWN | |
| Colloquy of the Statues (The Avenue.Night Before Pershing’s Parade) | 39 |
| Lunch-Time Along Broadway | 41 |
| The Walkers (Strike Pickets—Lower Fifth Ave.) | 42 |
| 8:30 a.m.on 32nd Street | 44 |
| Chanson at Madison Square | 46 |
| Hymn in Columbus Circle (After Seeing a Certain Window Display) | 48 |
| APPLES OF EDEN | |
| The Etcher | 51 |
| Grand Larceny | 53 |
| November Prothalamion | 55 |
| Expressions Near the End of Winter | 57 |
| Lost Lights | 58 |
| Come Back! | 60 |
| Resurrection (To J.W.A.) | 62 |
| Flood-Tide (Maine Coast—1917) | 65 |
| The Song of Cold and Pain | 67 |
| Wisdom-Teeth | 69 |
| THE KINGDOM OF THE MAD | |
| The Original Impulse | 75 |
| Lunch at a City Club (For, though not to, D.M.C.) | 76 |
| The Knockout | 77 |
| Devourer of Nations | 78 |
| Abraham’s Bosom | 79 |
| Prohibition | 80 |
| Mortuary Parlors | 81 |
| Talk | 82 |
| Nearsight | 83 |
| Before Michael’s Last Fight | 84 |
| Always the Sonnetteer | 85 |
| Portrait of Young Love | 86 |
| Two More Muses | 87 |
| Operation (For J.F.C., Jr.) | 88 |
| The Trapeze Performer (For C.M.) | 89 |
| Epitaph to Be Spoken | 90 |
| Judgment | 91 |
| Boarding-House Hall | 92 |
| Blood Brothers | 93 |
| Watchmen | 94 |
| “Les Cruches Cassées” | 95 |
| P.P.C.—Madam Life | 96 |
| Positively the Last Performance | 97 |