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Joaquin Miller's Poems
[in six volumes]
Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)
1.
Volume One
[dedication]
AN INTRODUCTION
LATER LINES PREFERRED BY LONDON
LESSONS FOR MY LOVERS
LINES THAT PAPA LIKED
LINES MOTHER LIKED
2.
Volume Two
3.
Volume Three
4.
Volume Four
5.
Volume Five
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Joaquin Miller's Poems
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XXVII
Aye, I had knelt, as priest might kneel
Before his saint's shrine, all that day;
Had dared to count me strong as steel
To stand for aye, clean, tall and white.
Yet I broke in that very night,
And stole shewbread and wine away.
Joaquin Miller's Poems