Chapter I: Poetry

“A Still Afternoon” (—“Dreams Old and Nascent:” I. “Old,” II. “Nascent;” “Discipline;” “Baby Movements:” I. “Running Barefoot,” II. “‘Trailing Clouds’”). _English Review_, November, 1909. Included, with the exception of the last, in _Amores_.

These poems constitute Mr. Lawrence’s first real appearance in print. Before them, he says, “there was a youthful story in the bad grey print of a provincial newspaper—under a _nom de plume_. But, thank God, that has gone to glory in the absolute sense.”

“Night Songs” (—“Workaday Evenings:” I. “Yesternight,” II. “To-morrow Night;” “Rebuked;” “Wakened;” “At the Window”). _English Review_, April, 1910. “At the Window” was included in _Amores_.

“Three Poems” (—I. “Tired of the Boat,” II. “Sigh No More,” III. “Ah, Muriel!”). _English Review_, October, 1910. “Sigh No More” was included in _New Poems_.

“Lightning;” “Violets.” _Nation_ (London), November 4, 1911. The first included in _Love Poems_; the second in _New Poems_.

“The Schoolmaster” (—I. “Morning,” “Afternoon”). _Saturday Westminster Gazette_, May 11, 1912.

“The Schoolmaster” (—II. “The Last Lesson”). _Saturday Westminster Gazette_, May 18, 1912. Included in _Love Poems_, under the major caption “Afternoon in School.”

“The Schoolmaster” (—III. “Evening,” IV. “The Punisher”). _Saturday Westminster Gazette_, May 25, 1912. “The Punisher” was included in _Amores_.

“The Schoolmaster” (—V. “A Snowy Day at School,” VI. “The Best of School”). _Saturday Westminster Gazette_, June 1, 1912. Included in _Love Poems_.

“Snap-Dragon.” _English Review_, June, 1912. Included in _Amores_.

“Green;” “All of Roses;” “Fireflies in the Corn;” “A Woman and Her Dead Husband;” “The Wind, the Rascal;” “The Mother of Sons;” “Illicit;” “Birthday.” _Poetry_, January, 1914. The first three poems and the seventh were included in _Look! We Have Come Through!_—the second having become “River Roses” and the seventh “On the Balcony.” The fourth, in _New Poems_, became “The Bitterness of Death.”

“Two Poems” (—“Twilight;” “Meeting among the Mountains”). _English Review_, February, 1914. These titles do not occur in any of Mr. Lawrence’s books of poetry.

“Grief;” “Memories;” “Weariness;” “Service of All the Dead;” “Don Juan;” “Song.” _Poetry_, December, 1914. Of these poems, “Service of All the Dead” and “Don Juan” were included in _Look! We Have Come Through!_—the former having become “Giorno dei Morti.”

“Last Words to Miriam.” _Poetry Journal_, December, 1916. Included in _Amores_.

“Resurrection.” _Poetry_, June, 1917. This title does not occur in any of Mr. Lawrence’s books of poetry.

“Three Poems” (—“The Sea;” “Constancy of a Sort;” “Frost Flowers”). _English Review_, September, 1917. The first and the last were included in _Look! We Have Come Through!_

“War-baby;” “Town;” “After the Opera.” _English Review_, June, 1918. All of these poems were included in _Bay_.

“Moonrise;” “People.” _Poetry_, July, 1918. Included in _Look! We Have Come Through!_

“Poems” (—“Tommies in the Train;” “War-baby;” “Obsequial Chant;” “Bread upon the Waters;” “Pentecostal;” “Nostalgia”). _Poetry_, February, 1919. All of these poems were included in _Bay_, but “Pentecostal” was renamed for this volume and became “Shades.”

“War Films” (—“Mother’s Son in Saloniki;” “Casualty;” “Message to a Perfidious Soldier;” “The Jewess and the V. C.;” “Sighs;” “The Child and the Soldier;” “Zeppelin Nights;” “Daughter of the Great Man;” “Prisoner at Work in a Turkish Garden;” “Mourning;” “The Grey Nurse;” “Neither Moth Nor Rust”). _Poetry_, July, 1919. These titles do not occur in any of Mr. Lawrence’s books of poetry.

“The Little Town at Evening.” _Monthly Chapbook_, July, 1919. Included in _Bay_.

“Medlars and Sorb-apples.” _New Republic_, January 5, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“The Revolutionary.” _New Republic_, January 19, 1921. _Literary Digest_, October 29, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Pomegranate.” _Dial_, March, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Apostolic Beasts” (—“Saint Mark;” “Saint Luke;” “Saint John”). _Dial_, April, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Humming-Bird.” _New Republic_, May 11, 1921. _Nation_, October 10, 1923. _Literary Digest_, October 20, 1923. _Bookman_, January, 1924. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Mosquito.” _Bookman_, July, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Snake.” _Dial_, July, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Medlars and Sorb-apples;” “Pomegranate.” _English Review_, August, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“The Revolutionary.” _English Review_, September, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Snake.” _London Mercury_, October, 1921. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Almond Blossom.” _English Review_, February, 1922. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Fish.” _English Review_, June, 1922. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Fish” (Excerpts), _Literary Digest_, July 8, 1922.

“Bat;” “Tortoises;” “Baby Tortoise.” _English Review_, November, 1922. All included in the English edition of _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_. The tortoise poem was, in effect, reprinted from _Tortoises_, New York, 1921.

“The Evening Land;” “Turkey-Cock.” _Poetry_, November, 1922. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Bat.” _Literary Review_, December 30, 1922. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“St. Matthew.” _Poetry_, April, 1923. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Elephant.” _English Review_, April, 1923. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Nostalgia.” _Palms_, Midsummer, 1923. Reprinted from _Bay_.

“Three Poems” (—“Cypresses;” “Saint Matthew;” “Spirits Summoned West”). _Adelphi_, October, 1923. All included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Poems” (—“Bare Almond Tree;” “Tropic;” “Humming-Bird;” “Peace”). _Nation_, October 10, 1923. All included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Peace.” _Literary Digest_, October 20, 1923. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_.

“Autumn in New Mexico.” _Palms_, Autumn, 1923. Included in _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_ under the title “Autumn in Taos.”

“Four Poems” (—“Bombardment;” “After the Opera;” “The Little Town at Evening;” “Last Hours”). _Palms_, Christmas, 1924. All of these poems were reprinted from _Bay_.