This volume includes a selection of early work from Fleur Adcock's first two collections, The Eye of the Hurricane (1964) and Tigers (1967), together with a more substantial representation from the more recent High Tide in the Garden (1971), The Scenic Route (1974), and The Inner Harbour (1979), all now unavailable. The 1979 pamphlet Below Loughrigg and twenty-six uncollected poems are also included.