Wall to Wall Speaks [Course Book ed.] 9781400859245

Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Contents
April Divinail
From The Joy Of Cooking
Recipe
Cooked Goose
Temperatures
La Cuisine Française
Conserves
“Rain ... ”
Blake's Seasons
“To Spring”
“To Summer”
“To Autumn”
“To Winter”
Nightingale, After Keats
Journey Of The Magi
Four Last Poems
Wall
The Window
An Evening Walk, Some Years Later
Alfoxton Park
Crust And Key
December
Before The Hill
Hillside
The Chevrefoil Of Marie de France
Terrain
Tree

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Wall to Wall Speaks

Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets For other books in the Series, see page 108

DAVID MUS: WALL TO WALL SPEAKS

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Copyright © 1988 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Guildford, Surrey AU Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data will be found on the last printed page of this book ISBN 0-691-06728-7 (alk. paper) ISBN 0-691-01444-2 (pbk.) Publication of this book has been aided by funds from the bequest of Charles Lacy Lockert (1888-1974) This book has been composed in Linotron Bodoni Clothbound editions of Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Paperbacks, although satisfactory for personal collections, are not usually suitable for library rebinding Printed in the United States of America by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey

Cover illustration: Wash drawing by George Ball Cover lettering by Stacy M. Wszola

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The following poems originally appeared in Poetry: "Rain . . , ," Blake's Seasons, Four Last Poems, Journey of the Magi, Wall, An Evening Walk . . . , Alfoxton Park, from "The Joy of Cooking," The Window, Crust and Key, and December The Beloit Poetry Journal originally published the following: Nightingale, after Keats

CONTENTS April Divinail

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From The Joy Of Cooking Recipe 3 Cooked Goose 4 Temperatures 5 La Cuisine Fran