When evening quickens faintly in the street, Wakening the appetites of life in some And to others bringing the _Boston Evening Transcript_, I mount the stairs and ring the bell, turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod good-bye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he at the end of the street, And I say, “Cousin Harriet, here is the _Boston Evening Transcript_.” LA FIGLIA CHE PIANGE _O quam te memorem virgo_... Stand on the highest pavement of the stair— Lean on a garden urn— Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair— Clasp your flowers to you with a pained surprise Fling them to the ground and turn With a fugitive resentment in your eyes: But weave, weave the sunlight in your hair. So I would have had him leave, So I would have had her stand and grieve, So he would have left As the soul leaves the body torn and bruised, As the mind deserts the body it has used. I should find Some way incomparably light and deft. Some way we both should understand, Simple and faithless as a smile and shake of the hand. She turned away, but with the autumn weather Compelled my imagination many days, Many days and many hours: Her hair over her arms and her arms full of flowers. And I wonder how they should have been together! I should have lost a gesture and a pose. Sometimes these cogitations still amaze The troubled midnight and the noon’s repose. THIS EDITION OF 264 COPIES IS THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED BY JOHN RODKER AND WAS COMPLETED DEC: 10ᵗʰ 1919. OF THE EDITION:— _10 Copies unnumbered are for review. 4 Copies on Japan Vellum numbered 1-4 & not for sale. 30 Signed Copies numbered 5-34 220 Copies numbered 35-255_ _The Initials & Colophon by E.A.Wadsworth._ [Illustration]