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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.
BAGATELLE
FOOTNOTES
TO THE READER
DAY AND NIGHT
MAPLE LEAVES
A CHILD'S GRAVE
PESSIMIST AND OPTIMIST
GRACE AND STRENGTH
FROM THE SPANISH
MASKS
COQUETTE
EPITAPHS
POPULARITY
CIRCUMSTANCE
SPENDTHRIFT
THE TWO MASKS
MYRTILLA
ON HER BLUSHING
ON A VOLUME OF ANONYMOUS POEMS ENTITLED “A MASQUE OF POETS”
THE DIFFERENCE
ON READING—
THE ROSE
MOONRISE AT SEA
ROMEO AND JULIET
HOSPITALITY
HUMAN IGNORANCE
FROM EASTERN SOURCES
MEMORIES
EVIL EASIER THAN GOOD
FIREFLIES
PROBLEM
ORIGINALITY
KISMET
A HINT FROM HERRICK
PESSIMISTIC POETS
POINTS OF VIEW
THE GRAVE OF EDWIN BOOTH
QUITS
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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HUMAN IGNORANCE
What
mortal knows
Whence come the tint and odor of the rose?
What probing deep
Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?
The poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
