THE SECRET WAY

BY ZONA GALE New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1921 All rights reserved {iv} PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Copyright, 1921, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and printed. Published September, 1921. Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A. {v}

“A great life, an entire civilization lies just outside the pale of common thought.... Such life is different from any yet imagined.... I see as clearly as the noonday that this is not all. I see other and higher conditions than existence.... The very idea that there is another Idea is something gained.”

—Richard Jeffries.

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CONTENTS

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PART I

EARLY VERSE

THE SECRET WAY

TERZA RIMA

I: Old Talk

II: Magic

III: Night Is Here

BALLADES OF THREE SENSES

I BALLADE OF EYES THAT SEE

Envoy

II BALLADE OF LISTENING

Envoy

III BALLADE OF OLD PERFUMES

Envoy

HOKKU

Hokku

Hokku

Hokku

Hokku

Hokku

Hokku

Hokku

SONNETS AND VARIATIONS

WHEN DID SPRING DIE?

ONE DAWN SHE WOKE ME——

THERE ARE WITHIN US LIVES WE NEVER LIVE

LAST NIGHT I DREAMED I SAW MY MOTHER YOUNG

WHY AM I SILENT?

I WANDERED WHERE THE WONDER OF THE SKY——

HERE A STILL FIELD

RETURN

BY MY SIDE ALL DAY ANOTHER WENT

IN J. P. P.’s METRE

I

II

III TO A POET

EXERCISE IN SPENSERIANS

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PART II

I KNOW WHERE A DOVE——

PROLOCUTOR

WONDER

A MEETING

HALF THOUGHT

EPITAPH

EPITAPH

ALIAS

IN ARVIA’S ROOM

For Her Cradle

For Her Mirror

For a Comb of Ivory

For Her Doll’s House

For Her Candle-stick

For the Chimney-place

For a Flower Pot

For the Telephone

Along Her Book-shelf

Where Boughs Touch the Glass

For Her Window

NON NOBIS

HALF THOUGHT

UMBRA

WRAITHS

HALF THOUGHT

WIND SONG

HALF THOUGHT

TROTH

BELOVED, IT IS DAYBREAK ON THE HILLS

CREDO

WHO IS THIS THAT IS SO NEAR?

INMOST ONE

STONE CELL

LIGHT

HALF THOUGHT

CONTOURS

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PART III

NEWS NOTES OF PORTAGE, WISCONSIN

I THE KILBOURN ROAD

II VIOLIN

III NORTH STAR

PROSE NOTES

I THE BUREAU

II MINUET

III THE DINING ROOM

IV PARADISE AND PURGATORY

V AT LEAST ...

VI ROSES

VII SPRING EVENING

VIII SECOND SIGHT

IX DOES SOMETHING WAIT?

X DOORS

XI LEVITATION

XII ENCHANTMENT