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Collected poems

Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869-1935)

COLLECTED POEMS

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THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY (1916)

THE GIFT OF GOD

THE CLINGING VINE

STAFFORD'S CABIN

BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD

ANOTHER DARK LADY

THE VOICE OF AGE

THE POOR RELATION

THE BURNING BOOK

LISETTE AND EILEEN

LLEWELLYN AND THE TREE

THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY

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THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (1890-1897)

JOHN EVERELDOWN

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THREE QUATRAINS

I.

II.

III.

BALLADE BY THE FIRE

BALLADE OF BROKEN FLUTES

VILLANELLE OF CHANGE

THE HOUSE ON THE HILL

THE STORY OF THE ASHES AND THE FLAME

THE PITY OF THE LEAVES

CLIFF KLINGENHAGEN

CHARLES CARVILLE'S EYES

THE DEAD VILLAGE

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I.

II.

FLEMING HELPHENSTINE

HORACE TO LEUCONOË

ON THE NIGHT OF A FRIEND'S WEDDING

THE CHORUS OF OLD MEN IN "ÆGEUS"

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XVIII

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

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I.

II.

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CAPTAIN CRAIG, ETC. (1902)

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I.

II.

III.

ISAAC AND ARCHIBALD

THE RETURN OF MORGAN AND FINGAL

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THE GROWTH OF "LORRAINE"

I.

II.

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THE WOMAN AND THE WIFE

I.

I—The Explanation

II.

II—The Anniversary

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THE BOOK OF ANNANDALE

I.

II.

SAINTE-NITOUCHE

AS A WORLD WOULD HAVE IT

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VARIATIONS OF GREEK THEMES

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

THE FIELD OF GLORY

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

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THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER (1910)

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THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER

I.

II.

III.

IV.

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I.

II.

II—The Quickstep

III.

III—Requiescat

LINGARD AND THE STARS

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PASA THALASSA THALASSA

I.

II.

THE WHITE LIGHTS

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THE WISE BROTHERS

FIRST.

SECOND.

THIRD.

BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD

THE SUNKEN CROWN

DOCTOR OF BILLIARDS

SHADRACH O'LEARY

HOW ANNANDALE WENT OUT

VICKERY'S MOUNTAIN

ATHERTON'S GAMBIT

FOR A DEAD LADY

TWO GARDENS IN LINNDALE

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LANCELOT (1920)

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

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THE THREE TAVERNS (1920)

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

THE WANDERING JEW

THE THREE TAVERNS

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I.

II.

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

ARCHIBALD'S EXAMPLE

TASKER NORCROSS

A SONG AT SHANNON'S

THE NEW TENANTS

RAHEL TO VARNHAGEN

AN EVANGELIST'S WIFE

THE OLD KING'S NEW JESTER

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AVON'S HARVEST, ETC. (1921)

MR. FLOOD'S PARTY

THE TREE IN PAMELA'S GARDEN

VAIN GRATUITIES

JOB THE REJECTED

MONADNOCK THROUGH THE TREES

MANY ARE CALLED

REMBRANDT TO REMBRANDT

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XVIII. XVIII

Like a white wall whereon forever breaks
Unsatisfied the tumult of green seas,
Man's unconjectured godliness rebukes
With its imperial silence the lost waves
Of insufficient grief. This mortal surge
That beats against us now is nothing else
Than plangent ignorance. Truth neither shakes
Nor wavers; but the world shakes, and we shriek.