The Death of Venus : [Poems]

Francestown, NH : Golden Quill Press, 1958., 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st edition] ; 72 pp. ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 57-14947 ; LC: PS3545.I9257; Dewey: 811.54 ; OCLC: 223160 ; "a selection of the Book Club for Poetry" ; 1/4 leather and red cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Veil of Perfume -- Briefly of l ove -- The strayed opossum -- To a friend in worse weather -- O Rhododendron -- Drug Store Opening -- The Death of Venus, and others -- Brown Towhee -- One more time -- Fun zone -- Actaeon -- The Lover -- Memoirs -- Vales -- Water Music - Vivaldi in Nevada -- Tea Time in Troy -- Fully clothed figures at highballs -- Winter once more -- Dirge for Dylan Thomas -- True story of Venus and Adonis -- These senuous cats -- Yes, it was the Era of New Erewhon -- Errored by love -- Silenus in the morning light -- The Foetus -- First buds -- The noble savage -- A Bee -- Newport suite -- The lately mockingbird -- Arcs -- Arachne -- Emerald error -- Circus -- The Cocoon -- The Exile -- Once a Shy Knight -- Beasts -- Why should I lyricize the icy sun -- Age of fable -- Public library -- The world is white ---Eliot among the vinylite -- December ends. ; Harold Witt, the Nevada poet and conscientious objector, has published in numerous magazines ; VG.