Cummings...at his most unfoolish and poetic best.-Nation 1 O the sun comes up-up-up in the opening 11(1) 2 for any ruffian of the sky 12(1) 3 seeker of truth 13(1) 4 SONG 14(2) 5 the first of all my dreams was of 16(1) 6 fair ladies tall lovers 17(1) 7 it's 18(2) 8 plant Magic dust 20(1) 9 now is a ship 21(1) 10 because it's 22(1) 11 humble one(gifted with 23(1) 12 Me up at does 24(1) 13 O 25(1) 14 a great 26(1) 15 at just 5 a 27(1) 16 e 28(1) 17 n 29(1) 18 nobody could in superhuman flights 30(1) 19 everybody happy? 31(1) 20 fearlessandbosomy 32(1) 21 why 33(1) 22 annie died the other day 34(1) 23 nite) 35(1) 24 insu nli gh t 36(1) 25 a grin without a 37(1) 26 if seventy were young 38(1) 27 in heavenly realms of hellas dwelt 39(2) 28 right here the other night something 41(1) 29 the greedy the people 42(1) 30 one winter afternoon 43(2) 31 POEM(or 45(1) 32 all which isn't singing is mere talking 46(1) 33 christ but they're few 47(1) 34 nothing the unjust man complained 48(1) 35 the trick of finding what you didn't lose 49(1) 36 if in beginning twilight of winter will stand 50(1) 37 now that,more nearest even than your fate 51(1) 38 silently if,out of not knowable 52(1) 39 white guardians of the universe of sleep 53(1) 40 your homecoming will be my homecoming- 54(1) 41 a round face near the top of the stairs 55(1) 42 n 56(1) 43 may i be gay 57(1) 44 Now i lay(with everywhere around) 58(1) 45 what time is it?it is by every star 59(1) 46 out of midsummer's blazing most not night 60(1) 47 without the mercy of 61(1) 48 t,h;r:u;s,h;ea 62(1) 49 faithfully tinying at twilight voice 63(1) 50 while a once world slips from 64(1) 51 but 65(1) 52 who are you,little i 66(1) 53 of all things under our 67(1) 54 timeless 68(1) 55 i 69(1) 56 could that i marvelled be 70(1) 57 mi(dreamlike)st 71(1) 58 &sun& 72(1) 59 who is this 73(1) 60 2 little whos 74(1) 61 one 75(1) 62 now does our world descend 76(1) 63 (listen) 77(2) 64 o purple finch please tell me why 79(1) 65 though your sorrows not 80(1) 66 D-re-A-mi-N-gl-Y 81(1) 67 enter no(silence is the blood whose flesh 82(1) 68 what is 83(2) 69 !hope 85(2) 70 pity his how illimitable plight 87(1) 71 how many moments must(amazing each 88(1) 72 wild(at our first)beasts uttered human words 89(1) 73 all worlds have halfsight,seeing either with 90(1) Afterword by George James Firmage 91