The Winged Beetle

viii CONTENTS BATHYLLUS. To Sliman bin Chirch 87 THE MANTRA-YOGI. To Reginald Haselden 91 THE POET AND HIS MUSE. To L. K—— 93 LILITH. To L. K—— 95 SPORT AND MARRIAGE. To my Wife 97 THE TWINS. To A. O. Spare 98 THE CONVERT. To Millicent Tobias 102 THE SORCERESS. To L. K—— 103 THE CHILD. To Lord A—— 105 CLYTIE. To L. K—— 106 A SLIM GILT SOUL. To Lord A—— 110 THE SILENCE OF COLUMBINE. To Dot L—— 112 THE ARCHÆOLOGIST. To Ctesse —— 115 THE LADDER. To K. M. Ward 117 BELLADONNA. To Dot L—— 123 THE POET AT BAY. To Wilfred Merton 126 UT. To Allen Bennett 128 ROSA DECIDUA. To Lord Salvesen 130 THE CIRCLE AND THE POINT. To Ouarda the Seer 141 IN MEMORIAM. 142 AD FIDELEM INFIDELEM. To Elaine W K—— 145 THE SPHINX. To “ The Sphinx ” 146 THE JEW OF FEZ. To Winston Churchill 147 THE PENTAGRAM. To George Raffalovich 149 SONG. To Kathleen K—— 150 AN HYMN. To the Countess of Tankerville 151 PROLOGUE TO RODIN IN RIME. To Kathleen K—— 153