Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vi
3. A Key to Parenthetical and Other Markings viii
4. Notes on the Writing of The Lapidary’s Nosegay ix
5. A In Adam’s fall
6. A sudden (((bright coin))) 2
7. Ambuscade† of (((cl(o)ver))) 4
8. (((Angels))) babble— 5
9. B Thy life t(o) mend, (((((((God’s))))))) Book attend
10. Beetle’s (o)rdination 8
11. Br(o)ken spectacles 10
12. (((Buttercups))) (((ranunculuses))) 11
13. C The Cat doth play, And after slay
14. Chartered from (((my otter’s wind(ow))))— 14
15. D A Dog will bite
16. (((Daff(o)dils))) (((my blondines))) 17
17. Declined (((day))) 19
18. Dim unsuspected tenderness 20
19. E The ((Eagle’s)) flight
20. Eyes— little (like) trees— 23
21. F The idle F(oo)l
22. (((((Fairy P(o)et))))) 25
23. G As runs the (((Glass))), Man’s life doth pass
24. ((Gh(o)st)) (((bl(oo)ms))) 28
25. (((Gl(o)be)))—bashful—((humming)) 30
26. (((Green artificer)))— 31
27. H My Book and (((Heart)))
28. (((H(oa)rd of (((gems)))))) 33
29. I isaiah’s (gh(o)st) guest (&) (((i))) write the palimpsest
30. ((( I))) died 35
31. I gather idle (((bumblebees))) 36
32. J J(o)b feels the Rod, Yet blesses (((god)))
33. Jointed— 38
34. K Proud Korah’s troop
35. King’s rep(o)se 41
36. L The Lion bold
37. Lost— 44
38. M The Moon gives light
39. My 46
40. (((Moth-star dropt))) int(o) the (o)rchard 47
41. N Nightingales sing
42. Night (((onyx))) 50
43. O The royal Oak, it was the Tree
44. (((O!))) (((heart)))-sodden!!! 53
45. Our (((august))) antiquary ransacks & 54
46. P Peter denies
47. Pare this sapphire (((apple))) 57
48. Pauper’s slit of silk 59
49. The (((P(o)et’s))) zephyr angry 61
50. Peeps ont(o) that sleeping (((egg))) ((( ))) 63
51. Q Queen Esther comes in royal State, To save the Jews from dismal Fate
52. Quivering— 65
53. R Rachael doth mourn
54. Ragged phoebes (((trem(o)r))) ::: 67
55. Rapt)) (((::::: m(o)rning of all m(o)rnings))) 68
56. R(ou)ge— 69
57. S Samuel anoints
58. September’s escutcheon 72
59. (((Sn(ow)))) aprilly does (((Gh(o)st))) & whiff across the altar 74
60. T Time cuts down all, Both great and small
61. The child is scr(o)lled up like a small pretty ((ear)) 77
62. (((Timbral))) she fleshly flickers— 79
63. This (((broily))) day 81
64. Throng of ac(o)rns :::::: 83
65. U Uriah’s beauteous wife
66. ((Unfrequented)) august 85
67. V We & victors all ghosts god’s quiet pall
68. Vane turns— 88
69. W Whales in the Sea
70. We have slendered ourselves 91
71. (((Wind(ow)’s))) (((sparkling))) an(o)dyne 93
72. X Xerxes the Great did die, And so must you and I
73. (((onyX))) night ::::::::::::: 96
74. Y Youth forward slips, Death soonest nips
75. (((Yclept))) & (((chrysalid))) 99
76. Z Zaccheus, he Did climb the Tree His Lord to see
77. Zinnia??? 102
78. Equations and Sums of Parenthetical Combinations 107
79. Acknowledgments 108