'SOUR GRAPES' _A Book of Poems_ BOSTON THE FOUR SEAS COMPANY 1921 _Copyright, 1921, by_ THE FOUR SEAS COMPANY The Four Seas Press Boston, Mass., U. S. A. To ALFRED KREYMBORG Certain of the poems in this book have appeared in the magazines: _Poetry_, _a Magazine of Verse_, _The Egoist_, _The Little Review_, _The Dial_, _Others_, and _Contact_. CONTENTS Page THE LATE SINGER 11 MARCH 12 BERKET AND THE STARS 17 A CELEBRATION 18 APRIL 21 A GOODNIGHT 22 OVERTURE TO A DANCE OF LOCOMOTIVES 24 ROMANCE MODERNE 26 THE DESOLATE FIELD 30 WILLOW POEM 31 APPROACH OF WINTER 32 JANUARY 33 BLIZZARD 34 TO WAKEN AN OLD LADY 35 WINTER TREES 36 COMPLAINT 37 THE COLD NIGHT 38 SPRING STORM 39 THE DELICACIES 40 THURSDAY 43 THE DARK DAY 44 TIME, THE HANGMAN 45 TO A FRIEND 46 THE GENTLE MAN 47 THE SOUGHING WIND 48 SPRING 49 PLAY 50 LINES 51 THE POOR 52 COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 53 MEMORY OF APRIL 54 EPITAPH 55 DAISY 56 PRIMROSE 57 QUEEN-ANN'S-LACE 58 GREAT MULLEN 59 WAITING 60 THE HUNTER 61 ARRIVAL 62 TO A FRIEND CONCERNING SEVERAL LADIES 63 YOUTH AND BEAUTY 65 THE THINKER 66 THE DISPUTANTS 67 THE TULIP BED 68 THE BIRDS 69 THE NIGHTINGALES 70 SPOUTS 71 BLUEFLAGS 72 THE WIDOW'S LAMENT IN SPRINGTIME 73 LIGHT HEARTED WILLIAM 74 PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR 75 THE LONELY STREET 77 THE GREAT FIGURE 78