Poem by Marianne Moore

To William Butler Yeats on Tagore

It is made clear by the phrase,
even the mood—by virtue of which he says

the thing he thinks—that it pays,
to cut gems even in these conscience-less days;

but the jewel that always
outshines ordinary jewels, is your praise.

1. Roses Only
2. In This Age of Hard Trying Nonchalance Is Good, and
3. The Fish
4. Those Various Scalpels
5. Talisman

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