A Gathering of Poems"" -- two hundred and thirty-four in all -- comes out of the work of forty-three years. Many of the poems, including the brief one that offers its title to this book, postdate Mr. Cane's seventh volume, To Build a Fire (see p. 582, 1964). The contemplative tone of dealing with current and eternal verities and the Frostian Overtones adhere. This is the most complete and representative of Mr. Cane's collections.