in 1955 macmillan's rejected a typescript of poems by kavanagh, which left the poet very depressed. patrick swift, on a visit to dublin in 1956, was invited by kavanagh to look at the typescript. swift then arranged for the poems to be published in the english literary journal "nimbus"(19 poems were published). this proved a turning point and kavanagh began receiving the acclaim that he had always felt he deserved. his next collection, "come dance with kitty stobling", was directly linked to the mini-collection in "nimbus".