Ships in Harbour   By: David Morton (1886-1957)

Transcriber's note:

Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without notice. One printer's error has been changed, and it is listed at the end. All other inconsistencies are as in the original.

SHIPS IN HARBOUR

by

DAVID MORTON

G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1921

Copyright, 1921 by G. P. Putnam's Sons

Printed in the United States of America

To T. B. M. AND M. W. M. THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

For the privilege of reprinting some of the poems included in this book, the author's thanks are due to The Bookman , The Century , The New York Evening Post , Harper's Magazine , Poetry: A Magazine of Verse , The Designer , The Nation , The New York Sun , Collier's Weekly , Good Housekeeping , The Bellman , Contemporary Verse , Everybody's Magazine , The Smart Set , Ainslee's , The Sonnet , McCall's Magazine , The Touchstone Magazine , The Forum , and The Lyric .

CONTENTS

PAGE

WOODEN SHIPS 3

OCTOBER DAY MOON 4

A GARDEN WALL 5

NAPOLEON IN HADES 6

SYMBOLS 7

EXILED 8

MARY SETS THE TABLE 9

AUTUMN TEA TIME 10

BATTLEFIELDS 11

ONE DAY IN AUTUMN 12

AN OLD HOUSE AND GARDEN 13

IMMORTALIS 14

TOURING 15

SUMMER 17

OLD SHIPS 18

THE TOWN 19

AFTER SUMMER RAIN 24

THE KINGS ARE PASSING DEATHWARD 25

RENEWAL 26

RESPONDIT 27

JEWELS 28

CHORUS 29

SYMBOL 30

TO AN UNKNOWN ANCESTOR 31

INTIMATION 32

ON A DEAD MOTH 33

MYSTIC 34

LEVIATHANS 35

INVIOLATE 36

MANUSCRIPTS 37

IN AN OLD BURIAL GROUND 38

ENCORE 39

REDEMPTION 40

THE HUNTED 41

THE SCHOOLBOY READS HIS ILIAD 42

MOMENTS 43

CLEAR MORNING 44

RENAISSANCE 45

AN OLD LOVER 46