TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained. NIRVANA DAYS NIRVANA DAYS BY CALE YOUNG RICE AUTHOR OF CHARLES DI TOCCA, A NIGHT IN AVIGNON, YOLANDA OF CYPRUS, DAVID, ETC. NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY MCMIX Copyright, 1909, by Cale Young Rice TO JAMES LANE ALLEN WITH FRIENDSHIP AND FAITHFUL ESTEEM FOREWORD A few of the poems of this volume are retained from two of the author's earlier volumes which are now out of print. The rest are new. CONTENTS Invocation The Fairies of God A Song of the Old Venetians Nirvana Days The Young to the Old Off the Irish Coast