I have not read this entire collection, but the poems I have read are listed and rated below:
- “Ardour and Memory”: The speaker explains that beauty resurfaces amidst darkness through memory. Rating: 1/5
- “Autumn Idleness": The speaker describes the frosty end of November in which he wanders, unsure what he should do. Rating: 1/5
- “Barren Spring”: The speaker notes the coming of spring, but his mood does not match the weather’s cheerfulness. Rating: 0.5/5
- “Body’s Beauty” or “Lady Lilith” or “Lilith”: The speaker addresses Lilith, who, according to legend, was Adam’s first wife and who has the power to ensnare men with her golden hair. Rating: 0.5/5
- “The One Hope”: The speaker posits that hope is the one thing left after all else is gone. Rating: 3/5
- “A Superscription”: A speaker that refers to itself as “Might-Have-Been” talks to an audience of one about love that could have been. Rating: 1/5
- “Willowwood”: The speaker describes a dreamlike happening in which he is spoken to by Love personified and gets to kiss his deceased wife again. Rating: 2/5
