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Collected poems

Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869-1935)
  
COLLECTED POEMS
  
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CONTENTS

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THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY (1916)
  
FLAMMONDE
  
THE GIFT OF GOD
  
THE CLINGING VINE
  
CASSANDRA
  
JOHN GORHAM
  
STAFFORD'S CABIN
  
HILLCREST
  
OLD KING COLE
  
BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD
  
EROS TURANNOS
  
OLD TRAILS
  
THE UNFORGIVEN
  
THEOPHILUS
  
VETERAN SIRENS
  
SIEGE PERILOUS
  
ANOTHER DARK LADY
  
THE VOICE OF AGE
  
THE DARK HOUSE
  
THE POOR RELATION
  
THE BURNING BOOK
  
FRAGMENT
  
LISETTE AND EILEEN
  
LLEWELLYN AND THE TREE
  
BEWICK FINZER
  
BOKARDO
  
THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY
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THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (1890-1897)
  
JOHN EVERELDOWN
  
LUKE HAVERGAL
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THREE QUATRAINS
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
  
AN OLD STORY
  
BALLADE BY THE FIRE
  
BALLADE OF BROKEN FLUTES
  
HER EYES
  
TWO MEN
  
VILLANELLE OF CHANGE
  
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
  
RICHARD CORY
  
BOSTON
  
CALVARY
  
DEAR FRIENDS
  
THE STORY OF THE ASHES AND THE FLAME
  
AMARYLLIS
  
ZOLA
  
THE PITY OF THE LEAVES
  
AARON STARK
  
THE GARDEN
  
CLIFF KLINGENHAGEN
  
CHARLES CARVILLE'S EYES
  
THE DEAD VILLAGE
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TWO SONNETS
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
  
THE CLERKS
  
FLEMING HELPHENSTINE
  
THOMAS HOOD
  
HORACE TO LEUCONOË
  
REUBEN BRIGHT
  
THE ALTAR
  
THE TAVERN
  
SONNET
  
GEORGE CRABBE
  
CREDO
  
ON THE NIGHT OF A FRIEND'S WEDDING
  
SONNET
  
VERLAINE
  
SONNET
  
SUPREMACY
  
THE CHORUS OF OLD MEN IN "ÆGEUS"
  
THE WILDERNESS
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OCTAVES
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV
 V. 
V
 VI. 
VI
 VII. 
VII
 VIII. 
VIII
 IX. 
IX
 X. 
X
 XI. 
XI
 XII. 
XII
 XIII. 
XIII
 XIV. 
XIV
 XV. 
XV
 XVI. 
XVI
 XVII. 
XVII
 XVIII. 
XVIII
 XIX. 
XIX
 XX. 
XX
 XXI. 
XXI
 XXII. 
XXII
 XXIII. 
XXIII
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TWO QUATRAINS
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
  
THE TORRENT
  
L'ENVOI
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CAPTAIN CRAIG, ETC. (1902)
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CAPTAIN CRAIG
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
  
ISAAC AND ARCHIBALD
  
THE RETURN OF MORGAN AND FINGAL
  
AUNT IMOGEN
  
THE KLONDIKE
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THE GROWTH OF "LORRAINE"
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
  
THE SAGE
  
ERASMUS
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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. 
I
 II. 
II
  
SAINTE-NITOUCHE
  
AS A WORLD WOULD HAVE IT
  
THE CORRIDOR
  
CORTÈGE
  
PARTNERSHIP
  
TWILIGHT SONG
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VARIATIONS OF GREEK THEMES
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV
 V. 
V
 VI. 
VI
 VII. 
VII
 VIII. 
VIII
 IX. 
IX
 X. 
X
 XI. 
XI
  
THE FIELD OF GLORY
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MERLIN (1917)
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MERLIN
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV
 V. 
V
 VI. 
VI
 VII. 
VII
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THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER (1910)
  
THE MASTER
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THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV
  
AN ISLAND
  
CALVERLY'S
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LEFFINGWELL
 I. 
I—The Lure
 II. 
II—The Quickstep
 III. 
III—Requiescat
  
CLAVERING
  
LINGARD AND THE STARS
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PASA THALASSA THALASSA
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
  
MOMUS
  
UNCLE ANANIAS
  
THE WHIP
  
THE WHITE LIGHTS
  
EXIT
  
LEONORA
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THE WISE BROTHERS
 FIRST. 
First Voice
 SECOND. 
Second Voice
 THIRD. 
Third Voice
  
BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD
  
FOR ARVIA
  
THE SUNKEN CROWN
  
DOCTOR OF BILLIARDS
  
SHADRACH O'LEARY
  
HOW ANNANDALE WENT OUT
  
ALMA MATER
  
MINIVER CHEEVY
  
THE PILOT
  
VICKERY'S MOUNTAIN
  
BON VOYAGE
  
THE COMPANION
  
ATHERTON'S GAMBIT
  
FOR A DEAD LADY
  
TWO GARDENS IN LINNDALE
  
THE REVEALER
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LANCELOT (1920)
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LANCELOT
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV
 V. 
V
 VI. 
VI
 VII. 
VII
 VIII. 
VIII
 IX. 
IX
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THE THREE TAVERNS (1920)
  
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
  
THE WANDERING JEW
  
NEIGHBORS
  
THE MILL
  
THE DARK HILLS
  
THE THREE TAVERNS
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DEMOS
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
  
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
  
TACT
  
ON THE WAY
  
JOHN BROWN
  
THE FALSE GODS
  
ARCHIBALD'S EXAMPLE
  
LONDON BRIDGE
  
TASKER NORCROSS
  
A SONG AT SHANNON'S
  
SOUVENIR
  
DISCOVERY
  
FIRELIGHT
  
THE NEW TENANTS
  
INFERENTIAL
  
THE RAT
  
RAHEL TO VARNHAGEN
  
NIMMO
  
PEACE ON EARTH
  
LATE SUMMER
  
AN EVANGELIST'S WIFE
  
THE OLD KING'S NEW JESTER
  
LAZARUS
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AVON'S HARVEST, ETC. (1921)
  
AVON'S HARVEST
  
MR. FLOOD'S PARTY
  
BEN TROVATO
  
THE TREE IN PAMELA'S GARDEN
  
VAIN GRATUITIES
  
JOB THE REJECTED
  
LOST ANCHORS
  
RECALLED
  
MODERNITIES
  
AFTERTHOUGHTS
  
CAPUT MORTUUM
  
MONADNOCK THROUGH THE TREES
  
THE LONG RACE
  
MANY ARE CALLED
  
REMBRANDT TO REMBRANDT

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I. I—The Explanation

"You thought we knew," she said, "but we were wrong.
This we can say, the rest we do not say;
Nor do I let you throw yourself away
Because you love me. Let us both be strong,
And we shall find in sorrow, before long,
Only the price Love ruled that we should pay:
The dark is at the end of every day,
And silence is the end of every song.
"You ask me for one proof that I speak right,
But I can answer only what I know;
You look for just one lie to make black white,
But I can tell you only what is true—
God never made me for the wife of you.
This we can say,—believe me! . . . Tell me so!"
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