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xvii
The Dragon of Things
237
Late February
240
Scribbling Poems on a Visit Home
240
Lore 241
Short Walk Alone
242
A Day in the Back Country
242
Sounds 247
The Heavily Watered Whiskey ...
248
The Heat Lightning
(1967)
i. First Twenty-four Hours
251
ii.
Second Evening
253
iii.
Tree Meditation
254
iv. Elegy: The Old Man
262
v.
The
Summer
264
vi.
Unattended 266
vii.
The `Pasture'
266
viii.
The Trophy
268
from
Between Matter and Principle
(1963)
Be with me ...
273
Moments in a Glade
273
One of the Mantises
275
My Friend the Motorcyclist
275
Outside the House, Under Moonlight
276