24 JULY 1959, Page 27

Catkind

Through the window, Listening carefully, I overheard a low Moonlight murmur from an olive-tree- Three cats rehearsed the virtues of catkind: Catkind's silky tread and devious mind, Catkind's quiet economy (Cleansing itself with wash of its own body), Catkind's nonchalance, Catkind's persistence, Catkind's circumambulance, Its fealty to the Queen of Cats above— 'But when we love,' they wailed, 'alas, we LOVE!'

ROBERT GRAVES 0 1959