CONTENTS
Reading edition
The Avenue15
Mandoline17
Comedy for Marionettes20
Falsetto Song23
Eventail24
Fifteen Bucolic Poems:
I.What the Goosegirl said about the Dean26
II.Noah28
III.The Girl with the Lint-white Locks29
IV.The Lady with the Sewing-Machine31
V.By Candlelight33
VI.Serenade35
VII.Clowns’ Houses36
VIII.The Satyr in the Periwig39
IX.The Muslin Gown41
X.Miss Nettybun and the Satyr’s Child42
XI.Queen Venus and the Choirboy43
XII.The Ape sees the Fat Woman45
XIII.The Ape watches “Aunt Sally”47
XIV.Springing Jack48
XV.“Tournez, Tournez, Bons Chevaux de Bois”50
Seven Nursery Songs:
I.Old Lady Fly-Away52
II.Great Snoring and Norwich53
III.Fat William and the Trains54
IV.A Penny Fare to Babylon55
V.The Butcher’s Shop56
VI.The King of China’s Daughter57
VII.Old King Ptolemy58
Pedagogues and Flower Shows I60
Pedagogues and Flower Shows II62
Switchback63
Trams64
Bank Holiday I65
Bank Holiday II66
Small Talk I67
Small Talk II69
Dansons la Gigue70
Messalina at Margate72
Pedagogues75
Song from “the Queen of Palmyra”77
The Choir-Boy rides on the Switchback78
Apricot Jam80
Stopping Place82
Portrait of a Barmaid85
Materialism; or, Pastor —— takes the Restaurant Car for Heaven87
Thaïs in Heaven89
Four Nocturnes:
I.Processions91
II.Gaiety93
III.Vacuum96
IV. “Et l’on entend à Peine leurs Paroles”98
Treats:
I.Funerals100
II.The County Calls102
III.Solo for Ear-Trumpet104
Antic Hay106
Lullaby108
Water Music109
The Web of Eros110
Drowned Suns111
The Spider112
The Drunkard115
The Mother117