' s ▁assistant . ▁Moore ▁later ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁Grey ▁W alls ▁Press . ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime ▁he ▁had ▁registered ▁as ▁a ▁cons cient ious ▁object or . ▁ ▁The ▁G lass ▁Tower , ▁a ▁selected ▁po ems ▁collection ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁appeared ▁with ▁illustr ations ▁by ▁the ▁young ▁Luci an ▁Fre ud . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁he ▁edited ▁The ▁PL ▁Book ▁of ▁Modern ▁American ▁Short ▁St ories , ▁and ▁won ▁Contempor ary ▁Po etry ' s ▁Pat ron ▁Prize ▁( jud ged ▁that ▁year ▁by ▁W . ▁H . ▁Aud en ) ▁for ▁Girl ▁with ▁a ▁W ine ▁G lass . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁Har ri et ▁Mon roe ▁Memorial ▁Prize ▁for ▁Girls ▁and ▁Bird s ▁and ▁various ▁other ▁po ems . ▁ ▁Later ▁Moore ▁encountered ▁difficulty ▁in ▁publishing ; ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁unusual ▁position ▁for ▁a ▁British ▁poet ▁of ▁having ▁a ▁higher ▁reputation ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁His ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁" rom antics " ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁was , ▁in ▁fact , ▁rather ▁an ▁in ac cur ate ▁reflection ▁of ▁his ▁style . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁h ort icult ur ist , ▁writing ▁a ▁book ▁The ▁T all ▁Be arded ▁I ris ▁( 1 9 5 6 ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁he ▁entered ▁ 3 1 ▁separate ▁pseud onymous ▁transl ations ▁of ▁a ▁single ▁Baud ela