Presents the collected English poems of the former Poet Laureate of the United States who was exiled from his native Russia, only to go on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. Reprint Editor's Note xiii A PART OF SPEECH 1(162) Six Years Later 3(2) Anno Domini 5(3) Autumn in Norenskaia 8(2) ``A second Christmas by the shore'' 10(2) Homage to Yalta 12(17) A Song to No Music 29(9) The End of a Beautiful Era 38(3) Lithuanian Divertissement 41(3) On Love 44(2) I Sit by the Window 46(2) Nature Morte 48(5) December 24, 1971 53(2) To a Tyrant 55(1) The Funeral of Bobo 56(2) Letters to a Roman Friend 58(3) Nunc Dimittis 61(3) Odysseus to Telemachus 64(1) ``An autumn evening in the modest square'' 65(2) 1972 67(4) In the Lake District 71(1) The Butterfly 72(6) Torso 78(1) Lagoon 79(4) ``The classical ballet, let's say, is beauty's keep'' 83(2) On the Death of Zhukov 85(2) Mexican Divertimento 87(11) The Thames at Chelsea 98(3) A Part of Speech 101(15) Lullaby of Cape Cod 116(14) December in Florence 130(3) In England 133(7) Plato Elaborated 140(3) Letters from the Ming Dynasty 143(2) The Rustle of Acacias 145(2) Elegy: For Robert Lowell 147(3) Strophes 150(8) San Pietro 158(5) GORBUNOV AND GORCHAKOV 163(46) TO URANIA 209(134) May 24, 1980 211(1) To a Friend: In Memoriam 212(1) October Tune 213(1) A Polar Explorer 214(1) Lithuanian Nocturne 215(11) Twenty Sonnets to Mary Queen of Scots 226(9) North Baltic 235(1) The Berlin Wall Tune 236(3) Dutch Mistress 239(1) Allenby Road 240(1) The Fifth Anniversary 241(4) Polonaise: A Variation 245(2) The New Jules Verne 247(7) Lines on the Winter Campaign, 1980 254(3) Cafe Trieste: San Francisco 257(2) The Hawk's Cry in Autumn 259(4) Sextet 263(4) Minefield Revisited 267(1) Near Alexandria 268(2) Tsushima Screen 270(1) A Martial Law Carol 271(2) Folk Tune 273(1) Roman Elegies 274(7) To Urania 281(1) The Bust of Tiberius 282(4) Seven Strophes 286(2) The Residence 288(1) Eclogue IV: Winter 289(6) Eclogue V: Summer 295(8) Venetian Stanzas I 303(3) Venetian Stanzas II 306(3) Seaward 309(1) Galatea Encore 310(1) Variation in V 311(1) Letter to an Archaeologist 312(1) Kellomaki 313(5) Ex Voto 318(1) Elegy: ``About a year has passed.'' 319(1) The Fly 320(10) Belfast Tune 330(1) Afterword 331(2) At Carel Willink's Exhibition 333(3) ``Slave, Come to My Service!'' 336(4) In Italy 340(1) In Memoriam 341(2) SO FORTH 343(116) Infinitive 345(2) A Song 347(2) A Footnote to Weather Forecasts 349(2) Star of the Nativity 351(1) New Life 352(3) Angel 355(1) An Admonition 356(4) In Memory of My Father: Australia 360(1) So Forth 361(2) Constancy 363(1) Brise Marine 364(1) Centaurs I 365(1) Centaurs II 366(1) Centaurs III 367(1) Centaurs IV 368(1) Epitaph for a Centaur 369(1) Axiom 370(1) North of Delphi 371(2) Exeter Revisited 373(1) Vertumnus 374(9) Nativity 383(1) Postcard from Lisbon 384(1) August Rain 385(1) Venice: Lido 386(1) Fin de Siecle 387(6) Porta San Pancrazio 393(1) Transatlantic 394(1) View from the Hill 395(2) Homage to Girolamo Marcello 397(2) Elegy: ``Sweetheart, losing your looks, go to live in a village'' 399(2) Anti-Shenandoah: Two Skits and a Chorus 401(3) Daedalus in Sicily 404(1) Clouds 405(4) Cappadocia 409(3) Ab Ovo 412(1) Via Funari 413(1) Portrait of Tragedy 414(3) Tornfallet 417(2) Persian Arrow 419(1) Song of Welcome 420(3) Elegy: ``Whether you fished me bravely out of the Pacific'' 423(1) Kolo 424(2) Lullaby 426(2) Homage to Chekhov 428(2) Ischia in October 430(2) Anthem 432(3) In Front of Casa Marcello 435(2) After Us 437(1) A Tale 438(4) Ode to Concrete 442(1) At the City Dump in Nantucket 443(1) A Photograph 444(1) A Postcard 445(1) Reveille 446(2) Blues 448(1) At a Lecture 449(1) In Memory of Clifford Brown 450(1) Love Song 451(1) To My Daughter 452(1) Flourish 453(1) Mcmxciv 454(1) Mcmxcv 455(1) View with a Flood 456(1) Taps 457(2) UNCOLLECTED POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS 459(46) Rio Samba 461(1) A Season 462(1) Shorts 463(4) History of the Twentieth Century: A Roadshow 467(19) Swiss Blue 486(2) Lines for the Winter Recess 488(1) Fossil Unwound 489(1) Bosnia Tune 490(2) To the President-elect 492(1) Robinsonade 493(1) Once More by the Potomac 494(1) Cabbage and Carrot 495(1) At the Helmet and Sword 496(1) ``I will win you away from every earth, from every sky'' 497(1) ``Seeing off the beloved ones, I'' 498(1) Tristia 499(2) Achilles. Penthesilea 501(1) End and Beginning 502(3) Selected Bibliography 505(2) Notes 507(26) Index of titles and first lines 533