HEAVENS AND EARTH A BOOK OF POEMS

Grateful acknowledgment is made to Ainslie’s Magazine, The Bowling Green, Books and the Book World, The Dial, The New Republic, Romance, Sun, The Sun Dial, The Yale Review and The Yale Literary Magazine for permission to reprint poems included in this volume.

THE FIRST VISION OF HELEN

Argument—Itys, nurtured by centaurs, meets and falls in love with Helen of Troy, before her marriage with Menelaus. What befell therefrom.

THE LAST VISION OF HELEN

Argument—Helen, after the fall of Troy, departs to Egypt with ghostly companions, as in the old tale. She encounters the Sphinx and a marvel is wrought upon her.

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