PrologueHedgehurst 3IThe Site 17Clearing a Name 17Moonlighter 20Three 20SIGMA 22Wasp 22The Goodnight 25Mathematics of Light 26Oceanography 27The Spectra 28The Boy and the Peacock 29Osip Mandelshtam on the Nature of Ice 30Two Temperatures for Snow 31The Excursion to the Forest 33Albert Einstein in America 34The Field-Note 35The Aftermath 35The New Life 36The First Circle 37St Lucy's Day 39IIPatrin 43Bears 44You Were Broken 45Of the Genus Diatomaceae 46Fiction 47Smoke, Mirror 48Sesi o Lety U Pisku 49The Boy and the Song 50Ludus Coventriae 51Whitethroat 59Redpoll 59Goldcrests 59Siskin 59Kings 60IIINightingales 77Chorus 77The Lucy Poem 78Taken Away 81The Circling Game 84The Library Beneath the Harp 89A Lit Circle 97Rom the Ringmaster 97Zhivakos the Horseman 98Demelza Do-It-All 99Colin Clown 100Harlo the Watchman 100Kasheskoro the Carpenter 101Stiptsar the Stilt-man 102Mashkar the Magician 102Saydime the Strongman 103Moolo the Musician 104Skeleton Bride 105IVThe Invisible Gift 113The Boy and the Wren 113Ballad of the Moon, Moon 114Gypsy Ballad 115from The Gypsy and the PoetWisdom Smith Pitches his Bender on EmmonsalesHeath, 1819 117The Ditch 118Magpies 118A Walk 119The Gypsy's Evening Blaze 119Wisdom Smith Shows John Clare the Right Notesand the Wrong 120First Love 120Mad 121English 121The Hedgehog 122Second Love 122A Spring Wife 123Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery 123A Steeple-Climber 124Bender 124My Children 125Worlds 125Hedge-layers 126The Souls 126Hunters 127A Bivouac 127The Ring 128The Friend of All Friends 128The Strayed 129Harebells 129The Act 130The Gypsy and the Poet 130EpilogueSpinning 133Notes 137Index of Titles 141Index of First Lines 144