Wl L uAM R Shaw nee 1 927 P ATT was born in , Oklahoma, in , and educated in public schoo ls and at the U nivers ity of Okla ' En lish in 1949 . homa , where he took a Bachelor s degree in g Pursuin u u g grad ate st dies at Vanderbilt University , he was M E li W A . n sh 1 5 1 i awarded an in g in 9 , with a thesis on ill am u PhD . 1 95 7 r Fa lkner, and a in , with a dissertation on Hen y - u . S . i . 195 1 5 2 James , Ezra Po nd , and T El ot In he attended s S R u the University of Gla gow , cotland , as a otary Fo ndation S 1 u i Fellow . ince 95 7 he has been an instr ctor in Engl sh at M iami University in Oxford , Ohio , and is now an associate u professor and Director of Freshman English . He lect res on m u u k modern poetry and A erican literat re, cond cts a wee ly u v series of ed cational tele ision programs , and also translates r u 1 6 Tbe modern poet y from other lang ages . In 9 3 he edited Imagirt Poem : Modem Poetry in Miniature for The Butto n Paperbacks series . MO DER N SO U TH ER N P O E T R Y IN P ER S P EC T I VE 1196 fugfim’ poet; D D E ITE , AN D W A N R D C BY ITH INT O U TI O N , V W ILL IAM P R AT T A Dalton mPapn bccl W R D T T & . E P . U O N C O N Y O K : E . I N C 1 9 6 5 W m . All re Copyright 196 5 by illia C. Pratt rights ma in U .S .A. No served . Printed the part of this book y m be reproduced in any form whatsoever without per ission m u c b in writing fro the p blishers, ex ept y a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review t for n u m r writ en i cl sion in a agazine, newspape or broad a s E . t. First dition Arl no wledgments Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to quote from copyright ma terial JOH N O towa Ran som: All poems listed here are re m elected oems R d b printed fro S P , evised E ition, y John Be C w R m b m A A. o Inc. lls ro e anso y per ission of lfred Kn pf , " " h W ’ D u Old M c for Jo n hiteside s a ghter, ansion , Ne ro “ " Ca Ca m C n logical , ptain rpenter, Philo ela, and o rad " — Co 192 4 A A. n Inc ; in Twilight pyright, , by lfred K opf, " D 1952 b h C R m. copyright renewed , , y Jo n rowe anso ead " " " " Bo V B u m B u y , The anity of the l e Girls ( for erly l e " " " W c Am u Girls ) , Janet aking, Piazza Pie e, phibio s “ " " C oco u i i A u r dile, The Eq il br sts, and ntiq e Harvesters C 1 2 l o te 7 A A nc. c 9 . opyright, , by lfred Knopf, ; pyright “ 1 R m i 95 5 C o . newed, , by John r we anso Pa nted Head C 1934 A A. Inc c re opyright, , by lfred Knopf, opyright we 1 2 b m V 96 C R o . ne d, , y John rowe ans The anity of " th e Bright Youn g Men (new version of poem once called " ' ” Tom Tom the e —C o 196 3 , Pip r s Son ) pyright, , by h C R m Jo n rowe anso . TAN L EY H S : A on the ow S JO N ON S net of Yell Leaf, and r R n t nt bo To a Pa k Swan . epri ted from Fugi ives : An A logy o Vers e Yo rlr c u B and Co m 1 2 8 / , New , Har o rt, race pany, 9 , m Ru n by per ission of by Joh son. " D ALD DAVIDS : U c for m ON ON tteran e, Lines a To b, " " M u S u A omat Lee in the o ntains, eq el of pp " ” tox U On R c the , Twilight on nion Street, a ep li a of ” " " “ " n R M Son u R Parthe on, andall , y , and Sanct ary . eprinted from Lee in tbe Mountai ns by Donald Davidson by per m n Of u . C 1938 b D D issio the a thor opyright, , y onald avid “ ” " son . Hermitage and Lines Written for Allen Tate on h A n His Sixtiet n iversary reprinted from Toe Lo ng Street b D y onald Davidson by permission of Vanderbilt Un iversity . Co 1 6 1 D Da 9 d . Press pyright, , by onald vi son " At z Ba c ocsc STE VE NSON : He Who Loved Beauty re p d om u itives : An Antbo lo 0 Vers e rinte fr F g gy ] , New York, 4 / Copyrig/st and Ackn owledgments " " and»: Sonnet Death printed in thi s anthology pum ion of the auttm " “ ” The M i o u. rm ; De B A ath of Little oys. ed ter ’ ha l i ne o o Allen Tate by permiss ion of C r es Scrb r s S os . C py " mnis i 1932 b Al . O r ght, , y len Tate Non " Mu m s. M n : inna m TI» u it ive oo C e reprinted fro F g . " " " M Th e ru 1924 . i m Feb ary, The No se That Ti e akes and Verse c u B c C m 1928. , New York. Har o rt, ra e and o pany, " " i r u : Th e Its R u e m Six Sides L te at re God, it al reprint d fro - to a Ah e b Merrill M r o Harcour Baace y oo e, New Y rk. g d Ca n Al an an 19 56 . l u m e b a m s p y , fo r poe s reprint d y p i i Ann a Mo s on of L lie ore. " ” “ " m Wm : e C The W J To a Tir d lerk and atchers. by Jo se Wills by peflnis ion d the autho r and VaMa bilt U i r Pm . Co r 1 5 b V rbi t Uni. n ve sity py m 9 9. y ande l " “ Roe! " Pum Wan ner: ac C owd To a F e in a r , “ " " S r Put k B l to y, m . The allad of Bi lie Pm and ’ ” Ba rded Oaks . Reprinted from Selected Poem of Ro w Pen Warren 1923 -1 943 c u t Bruc and , , New York, Har o r , e Ca n an 1944 b e missi ut C p y, , y p r on of the a hor . opyright. “ b R b r n W m . t One Yw y o e t Pe n ar To a Lit le Girl , ” Old Rui orum om o i . in a ned F reprinted fr Pr m ses . Pom 1 95 44 95 6 by Robert Pa m Warren by permis sios'rdf Randm Co i 195 5 Raba t Pm W pyr ght, 0, , h arm o i C pyr ght end Ackn owledgments 5 to FUGITIVES wherever they have THE m ar Issue of Tbe Fugitive magazine appeared in Nash vill nne e 1 22 and t e, Te ss e, in 9 , wi h it the major period of S was modern outhern l iterature began . It a modest beginning for a school of poets and critics that has sinoe led the way in rt v l o t n many of the impo ant de e opments in p e ry, fictio , and That the have don e so is now am l dommented in artid es y p y , oo of i i i v e t b ks cr t c sm, and olum s of li erary history , but no comprehensi ve co llect ion of Fugitive poetry has been published since 1 28 . v e 9 The need for such a olume has been gr at, for the ma or worlrs of most of the oets were either written or j p , v d after sur risin that mudr re ise the first antholo . It is not , gy p g many readers have tended to confuse the Fugitiv es with the A rarians or with the New Critics two later sd iools which g , , di hd ed u ve r have re ey p to found . But the F giti s we e, and m ined oets an d the aim of the resent volume is to ofler , p , p a enerous selection of their oems some old an d some new g p , , to ether with an aocoun t of their histor as a literar a g y y school, v and of their further accomplishments as indi idual poets. B now man Fu itive oerns are classics and ma others y , y g p , ny - ‘ dueswre tc he To see theI-ugitives in perspective is to v iew a b oem e v an d c ody of p s impr ssi e in number s ope , worthy of a a t r th and in nation It is gre t period of li e ature in the Sou the .