AFTER DEATH
CHLOE
INVOCATION
THE LAST BETRAYAL
A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY
TRUE LOVE AND NEW LOVE
DEATH
IN MEMORY OF SARETTA DEAKIN
A PARTING





I.

THE THINGS THAT MATTER.

NOW that I've nearly done my days,
And grown too stiff to sweep or sew,
I sit and think, till I'm amaze,
About what lots of things I know:
Things as I've found out one by one--
And when I'm fast down in the clay,
My knowing things and how they're done
Will all be lost and thrown away.

There's things, I know, as won't be lost,
Things as folks write and talk about: