A volume of
poems by
Ruth Pitter, published in 1950, being a selection from earlier volumes
A Trophy of Arms,
The Spirit Watches, and
The Bridge. It was published by the
Cresset Press in London and had a title and jacket illustration by
Joan Hassall. It cost 10/6.
The title poem "Urania" begins:
Winter and night, the white frost and the darkness
fall, and the hands of life release the spirit;
gladly she goes hence to her starry pasture.
and ends:
It is Urania: through the darkened woodland
now she advances: now she brings her vestal
lamp to the tomb, with nameless consolation.