A mix of lyrical and narrative poems comprise this volume, which continues the exploration of the individual and human history.

This volume contains narrative poems covering subjects as diverse as Nijinsky, St Francis and the first use of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.

This volume combines long narrative poems (on Peter the Great, the voyage of the Beagle and other themes) with lyrics. The volumes of this series are an attempt to encompass the individual in history and nature

This volume in the ongoing Magistery of Bismuth series contains both lyrical poems and narrative works on themes as diverse as the Crimean War and the Younghusband mission to Tibet.