A Boy's Will
  • Part I
  • Into My Own. The youth is persuaded that he will be rather more than less himself for having forsworn the world.
  • Ghost House. He is happy in society of his choosing.
  • My November Guest. He is in love with being misunderstood.
  • Love and a Question. He is in doubt whether to admit real trouble to a place beside the hearth with love.
  • A Late Walk. He courts the autumnal mood.
  • Stars. There is no oversight of human affairs.
  • Storm Fear. He is afraid of his own isolation.
  • Wind and Window Flower. Out of the winter things he fashions a story of modern love.
  • To the Thawing Wind. He calls on change through the violence of the elements.
  • A Prayer in Spring. He discovers that the greatness of love lies not in forward-looking thoughts;
  • Flower-gathering. nor yet in any spur it may be to ambition.
  • Rose Pogonias. He is no dissenter from the ritualism of nature;
  • Asking for Roses. nor from the ritualism of youth which is make-believe.
  • Waiting--Afield at Dusk. He arrives at the turn of the year.
  • In a Vale. Out of old longings he fashions a story.
  • A Dream Pang. He is shown by a dream how really well it is with him.
  • In Neglect. He is scornful of folk his scorn cannot reach.
  • The Vantage Point. And again scornful, but there is no one hurt.
  • Mowing. He takes up life simply with the small tasks.
  • Going for Water
  • Part II
  • Revelation. He resolves to become intelligible, at least to himself, since there. is no help else;
  • The Trial by Existence. and to know definitely what he thinks about the soul;
  • In Equal Sacrifice. about love;
  • The Tuft of Flowers. about fellowship;
  • Spoils of the Dead. about death;
  • Pan with Us. about art (his own);
  • The Demiurge's Laugh. about science.
  • Part III
  • Now Close the Windows. It is time to make an end of speaking.
  • A Line-storm Song. It is the autumnal mood with a difference.
  • October. He sees days slipping from him that were the best for what they were.
  • My Butterfly. There are things that can never be the same.
  • Reluctance

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