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Acknowledgments for EXPLORING Poetry text:

COPYRIGHTED POEMS IN EXPLORING Poetry WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

Freedomways, v. 5, 1965 for "The Song of Smoke" by W. E. B. Du Bois. Copyright © 1965 by Freedomways Associates, Inc. Reproduced by permission of Freedomways.

Latin American Literary Review, v. 5, Spring-Summer, 1977 for "Freeway 280" by Lorna Dee Cervantes. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

The Nation, August 18, 1976 for "The Space" by Gary Soto. © The Nation Company, L.P. Reproduced with permission from The Nation magazine.

Prairie Schooner, for "Bidwell Ghost" by Louise Erdrich. © by University of Nebraska Press. Reproduced from Prairie Schooner by permission of the University of Nebraska Press and the author.

COPYRIGHTED POEMS IN EXPLORING Poetry WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Acosta, Teresa Palomo. For "My Mother Pieced Quilts" in Fiesta in Aztlan: Anthology of Chicano Poems. Edited by Toni Empringham. University of Southern California. Copyright © 1976 by El Centro Chicano. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Allen, Samuel. For "To Satch". Reproduced by permission of the author.

Américo, Paredes. For "Guitarreros" in Between Two Worlds. Houston: Arte Público Press, University of Houston, 1991. Reproduced with permission of the publisher.

Angelou, Maya. For "Harlem Hopscotch" in Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie. Random House, 1971. Reproduced by permission of Hirt Music Inc.

Anonymous. For "The Seafarer" in Poems From The Old English. Translated by Burton Raffel. University of Nebraska Press, 1960. Copyright © 1960, 1964 by the University of Nebraska Press. Renewed 1988 by Burton Raffel. Reproduced by permission of the translator.

Auden, W. H. For "Musée des Beaux Arts" in Collected Poems. Random House, Inc., 1940. Copyright 1940, renewed © 1988 by W. H. Auden. Reproduced by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd. for the Literary Estate of W. H. Auden.

Auden, W. H. For "The Unknown Citizen," in W. H. Auden: Collected Poems. Edited by Edward Mendelson. Random House, 1940. Copyright 1940, renewed 1968 by W. H. Auden. Reproduced by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd. for the Literary Estate of W. H. Auden.

Basho, Matsuo. For "Falling Upon Earth" in One Hundred Famous Haiku. Translated by Daniel C. Buchanan. Japan Publications, Inc., 1973. © 1973 Japan Publications. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

Basho, Matsuo. For "Temple Bells Die Out" in One Hundred Famous Haiku. Translated by Daniel C. Buchanan. Japan Publications, Inc., 1973. © 1973 Japan Publications. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

Basho, Matsuo. For "The Moon Glows the Same" in Full Moon is Rising. Translated by James David Andrews. Branden Press. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

Basho, Matsuo. For "Within Plum Orchard" in Full Moon is Rising. Translated by James David Andrews. Branden Press. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

Basho, Matsuo. For "Yellow Rose Petals" in Full Moon is Rising. Translated by James David Andrews. Branden Press. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

Brooks, Gwendolyn. For "Strong Men, Riding Horses" in Blacks. Third World Press, Chicago, 1991. Gwendolyn Brooks © 1991. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Brooks, Gwendolyn. For "The Explorer" in Blacks. Third World Press, Chicago, 1991. Gwendolyn Brooks © 1991. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Brooks, Gwendolyn. For "The Sonnet-Ballad" in Blacks. Third World Press, Chicago, 1991. Gwendolyn Brooks © 1991. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Chang, Diana. For "Most Satisfied by Snow" in Asian-American Heritage: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry. Edited by David Hsin-Fu Wand. Washington Square Press, Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1974. Copyright © 1974 by David Hsin-Fu Wand. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Clifton, Lucille. For "Miss Rosie" in Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980. By Li-Young Lee. BOA Editions, Ltd., 1987. Copyright © 1987 by Lucille Clifton. Reproduced with the permission of the publisher, 92 Park Ave., Brockport, NY 14420.

Cruz, Victor Hernandez. For "Business" in Mainland. Random House, 1973. Copyright © 1973 by Victor Hernandez Cruz. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Cullen, Countee. For "Any Human to Another" in On These I Stand. Harper & Brothers, 1947. Copyright 1947 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Renewed 1975 by Ida M. Cullen. Copyrights held by the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Administered by JJKR Associates, New York, New York. Reproduced by permission of the Literary Estate of Countee Cullen.

Cullen, Countee. For "From the Dark Tower" in Copper Sun. Harper & Brothers, 1927. Copyright 1927 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Renewed © 1955 by Ida M. Cullen. Copyrights held by the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Administered by JJKR Associates, New York, New York. Reproduced by permission of the Literary Estate of Countee Cullen.

Cullen, Countee. For "Sonnet" in The Medea and Some Poems. Harper & Brothers, 1935. Copyright 1935 by HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Renewed © 1963 by Ida M. Cullen. Copyrights held by the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Administered by JJKR Associates, New York, New York. Reproduced by permission of the Literary Estate of Countee Cullen.

cummings, e. e. For "in just--" in Complete Poems: 1904-1962. Edited by George James Firmage. Liveright. Copyright 1923, 1951, 8 1991 by the Trustees for the e. e. cummings Trust. Copyright © 1976 by George James Firmage. Reproduced by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

cummings, e. e. For "l(a" in Complete Poems: 1904-1962. Edited by George James Firmage. Liveright. Copyright © 1958, 1986, 1991 by the Trustees for the E. E. Cummings Trust. Copyright © 1985 by George James Firmage. Reproduced by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

cummings, e.e. For "maggie and milly and molly and may" in Complete Poems: 1904-1962. Edited by George James Firmage. Liveright. Copyright © 1956, 1984, 1991 by the Trustees for the E. E. Cummings Trust. Reproduced by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

cummings, e. e. For "old age sticks" in Complete Poems: 1904- 1962. Edited by George James Firmage. Liveright. Copyright © 1958, 1986, 1991 by the Trustees for the E. E. Cummings Trust. Reproduced by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

cummings, e. e. For "since feeling is first" in Complete Poems: 1904-1962. Edited by George James Firmage. Liveright. Copyright 1926, 1954 © 1991 by the Trustees for the E. E. Cummings Trust. Copyright © 1985 by George James Firmage. Reproduced by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Dove, Rita. For "Geometry" in The Yellow House on the Corner. Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1980. Copyright © 1980 by Rita Dove. Used by permission of the author.

Dove, Rita. For "Grape Sherbet" in Museum. Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1983. Copyright © 1983 by Rita Dove. Used by permission of the author.

Dove, Rita. For "This Life" in The Yellow House on the Corner. Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1980. Copyright © 1980 by Rita Dove. Used by permission of the author.

Espada, Martín. For "We Live by What We See at Night" in Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction. Bilingual Press/ Editorial Bilinghe, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by Bilingual Press/ Editorial Bilinghe. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Francis, Robert. For "The Base Stealer" in The Orb Weaver. Wesleyan University Press, 1948. Copyright 1948 by Robert Francis. Renewed 1960 by Robert Francis. Reproduced by permission of University Press of New England.

Frost, Robert. For "Fire and Ice" in The Poetry of Robert Frost. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Copyright 1923, © 1969 by Henry Holt and Co. Copyright 1951 by Robert Frost. Used by arrangement with Henry Holt and Co.

Frost, Robert. For "Nothing Gold Can Stay" in The Poetry of Robert Frost. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Copyright 1923, © 1969 by Henry Holt and Co. Copyright 1951 by Robert Frost. Used by arrangement with Henry Holt and Co.

Frost, Robert. For "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" in The Poetry of Robert Frost. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Copyright 1923, © 1969 by Henry Holt and Co. Copyright 1951 by Robert Frost. Used by arrangement with Henry Holt and Co.

Frost, Robert. For "The Runaway" in The Poetry of Robert Frost. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Copyright 1923, © 1969 by Henry Holt and Co. Copyright 1951 by Robert Frost. Used by arrangement with Henry Holt and Co.

Giovanni, Nikki. For "Knoxville, Tennessee" in Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgment. William Morrow & Company, 1970. Copyright 1968, 1970 by Nikki Giovanni. Reproduced by permission of William Morrow and Company, Inc.

Giovanni, Nikki. For "Poetry Is a Tressel" in The Women and the Men. William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1975. Copyright © 1970, 1974, 1975 by Nikki Giovanni. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

Hardy, Thomas. For "The Man He Killed" in The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy. Edited by James Gibson. Macmillan, 1978. © 1978 by Macmillan Publishing Company. Reproduced with the permission of the publisher.

Hayden, Robert E. For "Those Winter Sundays" in Angle of Ascent, New and Selected Poems. Liveright, 1975. Copyright © 1966 by Robert Hayden. Reproduced by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Heaney, Seamus. For "A Drink of Water" in Field Work. Faber & Faber, 1979. Copyright © 1976, 1979 by Seamus Heaney. Reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.

Heaney, Seamus. For "Digging" in Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1969. Copyright © 1966, 1969, 1972, 1980 by Seamus Heaney. Reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.

Heaney, Seamus. For "Follower" in Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1969. Copyright © 1966, 1969, 1972, 1980 by Seamus Heaney. Reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.

Heaney, Seamus. For "Midnight" in Wintering Out. Faber & Faber. Copyright © 1966, 1969, 1972, 1980 by Seamus Heaney. Reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.

Hongo, Garrett. For "And Your Soul Shall Dance" in Yellow Light. Wesleyan University Press, 1982. Copyright © 1982 by Garrett Kaoru Hongo. Reproduced by permission of University Press of New England.

Hughes, Langston. For "Dream Variations" in Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Copyright 1926 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Renewed 1954 by Langston Hughes. Reproduced by permission of the author's agents Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Hughes, Langston. For "Dreams" in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Copyright 1932 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Renewed 1970 by Langston Hughes. Reproduced by permission of the author's agents Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Hughes, Langston. For "Harlem" in The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Edited by Arnold Rampersad. Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Copyright © 1994 by the Estate of Langston Hughes. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author's agents Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Hughes, Langston. For "Mother to Son" in The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Reproduced by permission of the author's agents Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Hughes, Langston. For "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" in Selected Poems. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Copyright 1926 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Renewed 1954 by Langston Hughes. Reproduced by permission of the author's agents Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Hughes, Ted. For "Hawk Roosting" in Lupercal. Faber & Faber Limited, 1960. Copyright © 1959, 1971, renewed © 1987 Ted Hughes. Reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.

Inada, Lawson Fusao. For "Plucking Out a Rhythm" in Before the War. William Morrow, 1971. Copyright © 1971 by Lawson Fusao Inada. Reproduced by permission of William Morrow and Company, Inc.

Jarrell, Randall. For "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" in The Complete Poems. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. Copyright 1945 by Randall Jarrell. Renewed © 1972 by Mrs. Randall Jarrell. Reproduced by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.

Johnson, James Weldon. For "The Creation" in God's Trombones. Viking Press, 1927. Copyright 1927 by Viking Press, Inc. Renewed 8 1955 by Grace Nail Johnson. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.

Kumin, Maxine. For "400-Meter Freestyle" in Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief. Viking, 1959. Copyright © 1959, renewed © 1987 by Maxine Kumin. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Lawrence, D. H. For "Snake" in The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence. Edited by Vivian de Sola Pinto and F. Warren Roberts. Viking Press, 1964. Copyright © 1964, 1971 by Angelo Ravagli and C. M. Weekley. Reproduced by permission of the Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli and Laurence Pollinger Ltd. In the United States, Canada and Philippines by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books, USA Inc.

Lindsay, Vachel. For "The Flower-Fed Buffaloes" in Going-to-the- Stars. Appleton & Co., 1926. Copyright 1926 by D. Appleton & Co. Renewed 1954 by Elizabeth C. Lindsay. A Hawthorn Book. Used by permission of Dutton Children's Books, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.

MacLeish, Archibald. For "Ars Poetica" in Collected Poems 1917- 1982. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. Copyright © 1985 by The Estate of Archibald MacLeish. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.

Madgett, Naomi Long. For "Alabama Centennial" in Star by Star. Harlo Press, 1965, Evenill, Inc., 1970. Copyright © 1965 by Naomi Long Madgett. Reproduced by permission of the author.

McElroy, Colleen. For "A Pied" in What Madness Brought Me Here. Wesleyan University Press, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by Colleen J. McElroy. Reproduced by permission of University Press of New England.

Merriam, Eve. For "Metaphor" in It Doesn't Always Have to Rhyme. Atheneum, 1964. Copyright © 1964, renewed 1992 by Eve Merriam. Reproduced by permission of Marian Reiner.

Merriam, Eve. For "Onomatopoeia" in It Doesn't Always Have to Rhyme. Atheneum, 1964. Copyright © 1964, renewed 1992 by Eve Merriam. Reproduced by permission of Marian Reiner.

Momaday, N. Scott. For "A Simile" in Angle of Geese and Other Poems. David R. Godine, 1974. Copyright © 1974 by N. Scott Momaday. Reproduced by permission of David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc.

Momaday, N. Scott. For "To a Child Running with Outstretched Arms in Canyon de Chelly" in Carriers of the Dream Wheel: Contemporary Native American Poetry. Edited by Duane Niatum. Harper & Row, 1975. Copyright © 1975 by N. Scott Momaday. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Moore, Marianne. For "Poetry" in Collected Poems. Macmillan. Copyright 1935 by Marianne Moore. Renewed copyright © 1963 Estate of Marianne Moore. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of Marianne Craig Moore, Literary Executor.

Ortiz, Simon. For "Hunger in New York City" in Going for the Rain: Poems. Harper & Row. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Ortiz, Simon. For "My Father's Song" in New Worlds of Literature. By Jerome Beaty and J. Paul Hunter. Norton, 1989. Copyright 1989 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Ostriker, Alicia. For "His Speed and Strength" in The Mother/Child Papers. Copyright © 1980 by Alicia Ostriker. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Parker, Dorothy. For "One Perfect Rose" in The Portable Dorothy Parker. Edited by Brendan Gill. Viking, 1929. Copyright 1929, renewed © 1957 by Dorothy Parker. Reproduced by permission of Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. In the United States, Canada and Philippines by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books, USA Inc.

Piercy, Marge. For "To Be of Use" in Circles on the Water. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1982. Copyright © 1973 by Marge Piercy. Reproduced by permission of the Wallace Literary Agency, Inc.

Plath, Sylvia. For "Blackberrying" in Crossing the Water. Faber & Faber, 1971. Copyright © 1971 by Ted Hughes. Reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.

Plath, Sylvia. For "Mirror" in The Collected Poems. Edited by Ted Hughes. Harper & Row, 1963. Originally appeared in The New Yorker. Copyright © 1963 by Ted Hughes. Used by permission of HarperCollins, Inc.

Plath, Sylvia. For "Mushrooms" in The Colossus and Other Poems. Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Copyright © 1960 by Sylvia Plath. Reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd. for the Literary Estate of Sylvia Plath.

Ransom, John Crowe. For "Janet Waking" in Selected Poems. Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Copyright 1927 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Renewed © 1955 by John Crowe Ransom. Reproduced by permission of the Literary Estate of John Crowe Ransom.

Rich, Adrienne. For "The Observer" in Collected Early Poems 1950- 1970. Norton, 1993. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Roethke, Theodore. For "The Waking" in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. Copyright 1953 by Theodore Roethke. Renewed 1981 by Beatrice Lushington. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. For on- line information about other Bantam Doubleday Dell books and authors, see the Internet Web Site at: http://www.bdd.com.

Sexton, Anne. For "Oysters" in The Book of Folly. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. Copyright © 1972 by Anne Sexton. Reproduced by permission of Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

Sexton, Anne. For "The Fortress" in All My Pretty Ones. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. Copyright © 1962 by Anne Sexton, renewed 1990 by Linda G. Sexton. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

Sexton, Anne. For "What's That" in To Bedlam and Part Way Back. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Copyright © 1960 by Anne Sexton. Renewed 1988 by Linda G. Sexton. Reproduced by permission of Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

Shapiro, Karl. For "Auto Wreck" in Selected Poems. Copyright © 1941, 1987 by Karl Shapiro. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Shapiro, Karl. For "Manhole Covers" in Collected Poems 1940-1978. Random House, 1978. Copyright © 1962 by Karl Shapiro. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Silko, Leslie Marmon. For "Story from Bear Country." Copyright © 1977 by Leslie Marmon Silko. Reproduced with the permission of Wylie, Aitken & Stone, Inc.

Song, Cathy. For "Magic Island" in Frameless Windows, Squares of Light. W. W. Norton, 1988. Copyright © 1988 by Cathy Song. Reproduced by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Soto, Gary. For "Oranges" in New and Selected Poems. Chronicle Books, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by Gary Soto. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

St. Vincent Millay, Edna. For "On Hearing A Symphony of Beethoven" in Collected Poems. Harper & Row, 1956. Copyright 1928, 1954, 1955, 1982 by Edna St. Vincent Millay and Norma Millay Ellis. Reproduced by permission of Elizabeth Barnett, Literary Executor.

St. Vincent Millay, Edna. For "The Courage That My Mother Had" in Collected Poems. Harper & Row, 1956. Copyright 1928, 1954, 1955, 1982 by Edna St. Vincent Millay and Norma Millay Ellis. Reproduced by permission of Elizabeth Barnett, Literary Executor.

Stafford, William. For "Fifteen" in Stories That Could Be True. Harper & Row, 1978. Copyright © 1978 William Stafford. Reproduced by permission of The Literary Estate of William Stafford.

Stevens, Wallace. For "Anecdote of the Jar" in The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Copyright 1923, renewed 1951 by Wallace Stevens. Reproduced by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Swenson, May. For "Southbound on the Freeway" in The Complete Poems to Solve. Copyright © 1963 May Swenson. Originally appeared in The New Yorker. Reproduced with the permission of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Thomas, Dylan. For "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" in The Poems of Dylan Thomas. New Directions. Reproduced by permission of David Higham Associates Limited.

Thomas, Dylan. For "Fern Hill" in The Poems of Dylan Thomas. New Directions. Reproduced by permission of David Higham Associates Limited.

Thomas, Dylan. For "The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower" in Collected Poems. New Directions, 1953. Copyright 1939, 1946 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Copyright 1952 by Dylan Thomas. Reproduced by permission of David Higham Associates Limited.

Toomer, Jean. For "November Cotton Flower" in Cane. Boni & Liveright, 1923. Copyright 1923 by Boni & Liveright, Inc. Renewed 1951 by Jean Toomer. Reproduced by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Toomer, Jean. For "Reapers" in Cane. Boni & Liveright, 1923. Copyright 1923 by Boni & Liveright, Inc. Renewed 1951 by Jean Toomer. Reproduced by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Updike, John. For "Ex-Basketball Player" in The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures. Knopf, 1957. Copyright © 1957 by John Updike. Renewed 1986 by John Updike. Reproduced by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Villa, José García. For "Be Beautiful, Noble, Like the Antique Ant" in Have Come, Am Here. Viking Press, 1942. Copyright 1942, renewed © 1969 by José García Villa. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Walker, Margaret. For "Childhood" in For My People. Yale University Press, 1942. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Walker, Margaret. For "Memory" in For My People. Yale University Press, 1942. Reproduced by permission of the author.

Wilbur, Richard. For "Boy at the Window" in Things of This World. Harcourt Brace & Company. Copyright 1952, renewed 1980 by Richard Wilbur. Reproduced by permission of Harcourt Brace & Company. In the British Empire by Faber & Faber Limited.

Wright, James A. For "A Blessing" in The Branch Will Not Break. Wesleyan University Press, 1963. Copyright © 1963 by James Wright. Reproduced by permission of University Press of New England.

Wylie, Elinor. For "Puritan Sonnet" in Collected Poems of Elinor Wylie. Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. Copyright 1921 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Renewed 1949 by William Rose BenJt.

Wylie, Elinor. For "Velvet Shoes" in Collected Poems of Elinor Wylie. Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. Copyright 1921 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Renewed 1949 by William Rose BenJt.

Yeats, William Butler. For "Sailing to Byzantium" in Collected Poems. Macmillan, 1956. Copyright 1928 Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. Renewed 1952 by Bertha Georgie Yeats. Reproduced by permission of A. P. Watt Ltd. on behalf of Michael Yeats.

Yeats, William Butler. For "The Second Coming" in Collected Poems. Macmillan, 1956. Copyright 1924 Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. Renewed 1952 by Bertha Georgie Yeats. Reproduced by permission of A. P. Watt Ltd. on behalf of Michael Yeats.

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