Nets to Catch the Wind

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1> <br/><br/><br/> NETS TO CATCH THE WIND </h1> <p class="t2"> By ELINOR WYLIE</p> <p><br/><br/><br/></p> <p class="t3b"> CONTENTS</p> <p><SPAN href="#beauty"> BEAUTY</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#eagle"> THE EAGLE AND THE MOLE</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#madman"> MADMAN'S SONG</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#leddie"> THE PRINKIN' LEDDIE</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#august"> AUGUST</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#stick"> THE CROOKED STICK</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#atavism"> ATAVISM</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#peaches"> WILD PEACHES</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#sanctuary"> SANCTUARY</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#lion"> THE LION AND THE LAMB</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#bell"> THE CHURCH-BELL</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#trolley"> A CROWDED TROLLEY CAR</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#bells"> BELLS IN THE RAIN</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#winter"> WINTER SLEEP</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#mystery"> VILLAGE MYSTERY</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#sunset"> SUNSET ON THE SPIRE</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#escape"> ESCAPE</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#fairy"> THE FAIRY GOLDSMITH</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#fire"> "FIRE AND SLEET AND CANDLELIGHT"</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#blood"> BLOOD FEUD</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#lullaby"> SEA LULLABY</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#nancy"> NANCY</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#lady"> A PROUD LADY</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#tortoise"> THE TORTOISE IN ETERNITY</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#incantation"> INCANTATION</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#silver"> SILVER FILIGREE</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#falcon"> THE FALCON</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#trumpets"> BRONZE TRUMPETS AND SEA WATER--ON TURNING LATIN INTO ENGLISH</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#spring"> SPRING PASTORAL</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#velvet"> VELVET SHOES</SPAN></p> <p><SPAN href="#valentine"> VALENTINE</SPAN></p> <p><br/><br/><br/></p> <h3> <SPAN name="beauty"></SPAN> BEAUTY<br/> </h3> <p class="poem"> Say not of Beauty she is good,<br/> Or aught but beautiful,<br/> Or sleek to doves' wings of the wood<br/> Her wild wings of a gull.<br/></p> <p class="poem"> Call her not wicked; that word's touch<br/> Consumes her like a curse;<br/> But love her not too much, too much,<br/> For that is even worse.<br/></p> <p class="poem"> O, she is neither good nor bad,<br/> But innocent and wild!<br/> Enshrine her and she dies, who had<br/> The hard heart of a child.<br/></p> <p><br/><br/><br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />