ROBERT GRVES AND HIS MUSES.doc

ROBERT GRAVES AND HIS MUSES
COLLECTED POEMS
CONTENTS
1. The Face in the Mirror 4
2. 1915 4
3. OH, AND OH! 5
4. TO MY UNBORN SON 5
5. DEAD COW FARM 6
6. THE PATCHWORK 6
7. MORNING PHOENIX 7
8. THE KISS 7
9. VAIN AND CARELESS 8
10. SONG: SULLEN MOODS 9
11. SONG OF CONTRARIETY 9
12. FULL MOON 10
13. KNOWLEDGE OF GOD 11
14. AGAINST KIND 11
15. PYGMALION TO GALATEA 13
16. PURE DEATH 14
17. THE TERRACED VALLEY 14
18. THE UBUS 15
19. DOWN, WANTON, DOWN! 16
20. NOBODY 17
21. TRUDGE BODY 17
22. THE CHALLENGE 18
23. TO THE SOVEREIGN MUSE 20
24. PARENT TO CHILDREN 21
25. A JEALOUS MAN 21
26. LEDA 23
27. THE FLORIST ROSE 23
28. THE SUICIDE IN THE COPSE 24
29. DAWN BOMBARDMENT 24
30. THE MOON ENDS IN NIGHTMARE 25
31. TO SLEEP 26
32. DESPITIE AND STILL 26
33. THE DOOR 27
34. MID-WINTER WAKING 27
35. SHE TELLS HER LOVE WHILE HALF ASLEEP 28
36. THE OATH 28
37. RHEA 29
38. COUNTING THE BEATS 29
39. THE WHITE GODDESS 30
40. TO JUAN AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE 31
41. RETURN OF THE GODDESS 32
42. IN HER PRAISE 33
43. DARIEN 33
44. WITH HER LIPS ONLY 34
45. A SLICE OF WEDDING CAKE 35
46. CALL IT A GOOD MARRIAGE 35
47. SYMPTOMS OF LOVE 36
48. TROUGHS OF SEA 37
49. THE PORTRAIT 37
50. UNDER THE OLIVES 38
51. WOMAN AND TREE 38
52. LION LOVER 39
53. IBICUS IN SAMOS 39
54. BEWARE, MADAM! 40
55. A LAST POEM 40
56. NOT TO SLEEP 41
57. SONG: THOUGH ONCE TRUE LOVERS 41
58. HOW IT STARTED 42
59. SONG: TWINNED HEART 42
60. AGE GAP 43
61. THE SCARED CHILD 43
62. TRUE MAGIC 44
The Face in the Mirror
Grey haunted eyes, absent-mindedly glaring
From wide, uneven orbits; one brow drooping
Somewhat over the eye
Because of a missile fragment still inhering,
Skin deep, as a foolish record of old-world fighting.
Crookedly broken nose—low tackling caused it;
Cheeks, furrowed; coarse grey hair, flying ic;
Forehead, wrinkled and high;
Jowls, prominent; ears, large: jaw, pugilistic;
Teeth, few; lips, full and ruddy; mouth, ascetic.
I pause