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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909)
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THE NEW DAY
THE CELESTIAL PASSION
LYRICS
1.
PART I
2.
PART II
FATE
“WE MET UPON THE CROWDED WAY”
THE WHITE AND THE RED ROSE
A WOMAN'S THOUGHT
THE RIVER INN
THE HOMESTEAD
AT FOUR SCORE
JOHN CARMAN
DRINKING SONG
THE VOYAGER
A LAMENT
ILL TIDINGS
A NEW WORLD
3.
PART III
4.
PART IV
5.
PART V
TWO WORLDS AND OTHER POEMS
THE GREAT REMEMBRANCE AND OTHER POEMS
IN PALESTINE AND OTHER POEMS
POEMS
“IN THE HIGHTS”
THE FIRE DIVINE
IN HELENA'S GARDEN
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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
“ON THE WILD ROSE TREE”
On
the wild rose tree
Many buds there be,
Yet each sunny hour
Hath but one perfect flower.
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Thou who wouldst be wise
Open wide thine eyes;
In each sunny hour
Pluck the one perfect flower!
The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder