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The poems of Trumbull Stickney
Stickney, Trumbull (1874-1904)
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I DRAMATIC VERSES
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II FRAGMENTS OF A DRAMA ON THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR JULIAN
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III LATER LYRICS
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IV A DRAMATIC SCENE
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V JUVENILIA
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VI FRAGMENTS
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[I The Autumn's done; they have the golden corn in]
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[II She sat under the naked bough]
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III FRAGMENT OF AN ODE FOR GREEK LIBERTY
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[IV My Ludovico, it is sad]
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[V The weakened eyes regain their sight]
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[VI And I stood ringed about with marble dreams]
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[VII 'T is said that hearts are won, at length]
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[VIII We learn by suffering and we teach by pity]
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[IX I hear a river thro' the valley wander]
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[X Nay, take it all in all, the human sort]
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[XI The passions that we fought with and subdued]
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[XII As one who loving beyond words will bring]
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[XIII Teased by the burden of this little sky]
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[XIV If with my life I lifted from thy head]
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[XV The immortal mixes with mortality]
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XVI FRAGMENT OF A DRAMA CALLED “THE CARDINAL PLAY”
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XVII “DRAMATIC FRAGMENTS
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The poems of Trumbull Stickney
[XI
The passions that we fought with and subdued]
The
passions that we fought with and subdued
Never quite die. In some maimed serpent's coil
They lurk, ready to spring and vindicate
That power was once our torture and our lord.
The poems of Trumbull Stickney