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The poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907)
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FLOWER AND THORN
BABY BELL AND OTHER POEMS
INTERLUDES
CLOTH OF GOLD
FRIAR JEROME'S BEAUTIFUL BOOK ETC.
FRIAR JEROME'S BEAUTIFUL BOOK
MIANTOWONA
THE GUERDON
TITA'S TEARS
A BALLAD
THE LEGEND OF ARA—COELI
BAGATELLE
FOOTNOTES
SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND
WYNDHAM TOWERS
THE SISTERS' TRAGEDY WITH OTHER POEMS
PAULINE PAVLOVNA
JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES
INTERLUDES
XXVIII SONNETS
AN ODE
JUDITH OF BETHULÎA
LONGFELLOW
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The poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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MASKS
Black
Tragedy lets slip her grim disguise
And shows you laughing lips and roguish eyes;
But when, unmasked gay Comedy appears,
How wan her cheeks are, and what heavy tears!
The poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich