Book: His Toy, His Dream, His Rest

• Dream Song 176: All that hair flashing over

  All that hair flashing over the Atlantic,
  Henry's girl's gone. She'll find Paris a sweet place

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• Dream Song 224: Lonely in his great age

  Eighty
  Lonely in his great age, Henry's old friend

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• Dream Song 100: How this woman came by the courage

  How this woman came     by the courage, how she got
  the courage, Henry bemused himself in a frantic hot

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• Dream Song 109: She mentioned 'worthless' & he took it in

  She mentioned 'worthless' & he took it in,
  degraded Henry, at the ebb of love—

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• Dream Song 101: A shallow lake, with many waterbirds

  A shallow lake, with many waterbirds,
  especially egrets: I was showing Mother around,

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• Dream Song 125:" Bards freezing, naked, up to the neck in water"

  Bards freezing, naked, up to the neck in water,
  wholly in dark, time limited, different from

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• Dream Song 78: Op. posth. no. 1

  Darkened his eye, his wild smile disappeared,
  inapprehensible his studies grew,

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• Dream Song 117: Disturbed, when Henry's love returned with a hubby

  Disturbed, when Henry's love returned with a hubby,—
  I see that, Henry, I don't put that down,—

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• Dream Song 79: Op. posth. no. 2

  Whence flew the litter whereon he was laid?
  Of what heroic stuff was warlock Henry made?

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• Dream Song 133: As he grew famous—ah, but what is fame?

  As he grew famous—ah, but what is fame?—
  he lost his old obsession with his name,

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• Dream Song 80: Op. posth. no. 3

  It's buried at a distance, on my insistence, buried.
  Weather's severe there, which it will not mind.

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• Dream Song 113: or Amy Vladeck or Riva Freifeld

  or Amy Vladeck or Riva Freifeld
  That isna Henry limping. That's a hobble

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• Dream Song 81: Op. posth. no. 4

  He loom' so cagey he say 'Leema beans'
  and measured his intake to the atmosphere

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• Dream Song 121: Grief is fatiguing. He is out of it

  Grief is fatiguing. He is out of it,
  the whole humiliating Human round,

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• Dream Song 82: Op. posth. no. 5

  Maskt as honours, insult like behaving
  missiles homes. I bow, & grunt 'Thank you.

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• Dream Song 129: Thin as a sheet his mother came to him

  Thin as a sheet his mother came to him
  during the screaming evenings after he did it,

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• Dream Song 83: Op. posth. no. 6

  I recall a boil, whereupon as I had to sit,
  just where, and when I had to, for deadlines.

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• Dream Song 107: Three 'coons come at his garbage. He be cross

  Three 'coons come at his garbage. He be cross,
  I figuring porcupine & took Sir poker

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• Dream Song 84: Op. posth. no. 7

  Plop, plop. The lobster toppled in the pot,
  fulfilling, dislike man, his destiny,

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• Dream Song 111: I miss him. When I get back to camp

  I miss him. When I get back to camp
  I'll dig him up. Well, he can prop & watch,

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• Dream Song 85: Op. posth. no. 8

  Flak. An eventful thought came to me,
  who squirm in my hole. How will the matter end?

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• Dream Song 115: Her properties, like her of course & frisky & new

  Her properties, like her of course & frisky & new:
  a stale cake sold to kids, a 7-foot weed

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• Dream Song 86: Op. posth. no. 9

  The conclusion is growing . . . I feel sure, my lord,
  this august court will entertain the plea

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• Dream Song 119: Fresh-shaven, past months & a picture in New York

  Fresh-shaven, past months & a picture in New York
  of Beard Two, I did have Three took off. Well. .

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• Dream Song 87: Op. posth. no. 10

  these hearings endlessly, friends, word is had
  Henry may be returning to our life

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• Dream Song 123: Daples my floor the eastern sun, my house faces north

  Dapples my floor the eastern sun, my house faces north,
  I have nothing to say except that it dapples my floor

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• Dream Song 88: Op. posth. no. 11

  In slack times visit I the violent dead
  and pick their awful brains. Most seem to feel

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• Dream Song 127: Again, his friend's death made the man sit still

  Again, his friend's death made the man sit still
  and freeze inside—his daughter won first price—

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• Dream Song 89: Op. posth. no. 12

  In a blue series towards his sleepy eyes
  they slid like wonder, women tall & small,

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• Dream Song 131: Come touch me baby in his waking dream

  Come touch me baby in his waking dream
  disordered Henry murmured. I'll read you Hegel

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• Dream Song 90: Op. posth. no. 13

  In the night-reaches dreamed he of better graces,
  of liberations, and beloved faces,

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• Dream Song 135: I heard said 'Cats that walk by their wild lone'

  I heard said 'Cats that walk by their wild lone'
  but Henry had need of friends. They disappeared

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• Dream Song 91: Op. posth. no. 14

  Noises from underground made gibber some
  others collected & dug henry up

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• Dream Song 108: Sixteen below. Our care like stranded hulls

  Sixteen below. Our care like stranded hulls
  litter all day our little Avenues.

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• Dream Song 92: Room 231: the fourth week

  Something black somewhere in the vistas of his heart.
  Tulips from Tates teazed Henry in the mood

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• Dream Song 110: It was the blue & plain ones. I forget all that

  It was the blue & plain ones. I forget all that.
  My own clouds darkening hung.

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• Dream Song 93: General Fatigue stalked in, & a Major-General

  General Fatigue stalked in, & a Major-General,
  Captain Fatigue, and at the base of all

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• Dream Song 112: My framework is broken, I am coming to an end

  My framework is broken, I am coming to an end,
  God send it soon. When I had most to say

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• Dream Song 94: Ill lay he long, upon this last return

  Ill lay he long, upon this last return,
  unvisited. The doctors put everything in the hospital

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• Dream Song 114: Henry in trouble whirped out lonely whines

  Henry in trouble whirped out lonely whines.
  When ich when was ever not in trouble?

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• Dream Song 95: The surly cop looked out at me in sleep

  The surly cop looked out at me in sleep
  insect-like. Guess, who was the insect.

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• Dream Song 116: Through the forest, followed, Henry made his silky way

  Through the forest, followed, Henry made his silky way,
  No chickadee was troubled, small moss smiled

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• Dream Song 96: Under the table, no. That last was stunning

  Under the table, no. That last was stunning,
  that flagon had breasts. Some men grow down cursed.

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• Dream Song 118: He wondered: Do I love? all this applause

  He wondered: Do I love? all this applause,
  young beauties sitting at my feet & all,

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• Dream Song 97: Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig

  Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig,
  bred when he was brittle, bred when big,

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• Dream Song 120: Foes I sniff, when I have less to shout

  Foes I sniff, when I have less to shout
  or murmur. Pals alone enormous sounds

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• Dream Song 98: I met a junior--not so junior--and

  I met a junior—not so junior—and
  a-many others, who knew 'him' or 'them'

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• Dream Song 122: He published his girl's bottom in staid pages

  He published his girl's bottom in staid pages
  of an old weekly. Where will next his rages

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• Dream Song 99: Temples

  He does not live here but it is the god.
  A priest tools in a top his motorbike.

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• Dream Song 124:" Behold I bring you tidings of great joy"

  Behold I bring you tidings of great joy—
  especially now that the snow & gale are still—

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• Dream Song 265: I don't know one damned butterfly from another

  I don't know one damned butterfly from another
  my ignorance of the stars is formidable,

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• Dream Song 126: A Thurn

  Among them marble where the man may lie
  lie chieftains grand in final phase, or pause,

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• Dream Song 102: The sunburnt terraces which swans make home

  The sunburnt terraces which swans make home
  with water purling, Macchu Pichu died

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• Dream Song 128: A hemorrhage of his left ear of Good Friday

  A hemorrhage of his left ear of Good Friday—
  so help me Jesus—then made funny too

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• Dream Song 103: I consider a song will be as humming-bird

  I consider a song will be as humming-bird
  swift, down-light, missile-metal-hard, & strange

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• Dream Song 130: When I saw my friend covered with blood, I thought

  When I saw my friend covered with blood, I thought
  This is the end of the dream, now I'll wake up.

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• Dream Song 104: Welcome, grinned Henry, welcome, fifty-one!

  Welcome, grinned Henry, welcome, fifty-one!
  I never cared for fifty, when nothing got done.

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• Dream Song 132: A Small Dream

  It was only a small dream of the Golden World,
  now you trot off to bed. I'll turn the machine off,

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• Dream Song 105: As a kid I believed in democracy: I

  As a kid I believed in democracy: I
  'saw no alternative'—teaching at The Big Place I ah

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• Dream Song 134: Sick at 6 & sick again at 9

  Sick at 6 & sick again at 9
  was Henry's gloomy Monday morning oh.

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• Dream Song 106: 28 July

  Calmly, while sat up friendlies & made noise
  delight fuller than he can ready sing

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• Dream Song 136: While his wife earned the living, Rabbi Henry

  While his wife earned the living, Rabbi Henry
  studied the Torah, writing commentaries

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