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Collected poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson

Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869-1935)

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THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY (1916)

THE GIFT OF GOD

THE CLINGING VINE

STAFFORD'S CABIN

BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD

ANOTHER DARK LADY

THE VOICE OF AGE

THE POOR RELATION

THE BURNING BOOK

LISETTE AND EILEEN

LLEWELLYN AND THE TREE

THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY

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THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (1890–1897)

JOHN EVERELDOWN

THREE QUATRAINS

BALLADE BY THE FIRE

BALLADE OF BROKEN FLUTES

VILLANELLE OF CHANGE

THE HOUSE ON THE HILL

THE STORY OF THE ASHES AND THE FLAME

THE PITY OF THE LEAVES

CLIFF KLINGENHAGEN

CHARLES CARVILLE'S EYES

THE DEAD VILLAGE

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[I Just as I wonder at the twofold screen]

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[II Never until our souls are strong enough]

FLEMING HELPHENSTINE

HORACE TO LEUCONOË

ON THE NIGHT OF A FRIEND'S WEDDING

THE CHORUS OF OLD MEN IN “ÆGEUS”

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CAPTAIN CRAIG, ETC. (1902)

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ISAAC AND ARCHIBALD

THE RETURN OF MORGAN AND FINGAL

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THE GROWTH OF “LORRAINE”

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THE WOMAN AND THE WIFE

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I—The Explanation

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II—The Anniversary

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THE BOOK OF ANNANDALE

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SAINTE-NITOUCHE

AS A WORLD WOULD HAVE IT

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VARIATIONS OF GREEK THEMES

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II A Mighty Runner

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VI The Dust of Timas

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VIII The Old Story

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X Lais to Aphrodite

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XI An Inscription by the Sea

THE FIELD OF GLORY

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THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER (1910)

THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER

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II—The Quickstep

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III—Requiescat

LINGARD AND THE STARS

PASA THALASSA THALASSA

THE WHITE LIGHTS

THE WISE BROTHERS

BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD

THE SUNKEN CROWN

DOCTOR OF BILLIARDS

SHADRACH O'LEARY

HOW ANNANDALE WENT OUT

VICKERY'S MOUNTAIN

ATHERTON'S GAMBIT

FOR A DEAD LADY

TWO GARDENS IN LINNDALE

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LANCELOT (1920)

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THE THREE TAVERNS (1920)

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

THE WANDERING JEW

THE THREE TAVERNS

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THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

ARCHIBALD'S EXAMPLE

TASKER NORCROSS

A SONG AT SHANNON'S

THE NEW TENANTS

RAHEL TO VARNHAGEN

AN EVANGELIST'S WIFE

THE OLD KING'S NEW JESTER

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AVON'S HARVEST, ETC. (1921)

MR. FLOOD'S PARTY

THE TREE IN PAMELA'S GARDEN

VAIN GRATUITIES

JOB THE REJECTED

MONADNOCK THROUGH THE TREES

MANY ARE CALLED

REMBRANDT TO REMBRANDT

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TRISTRAM (1927)

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ROMAN BARTHOLOW (1923)

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DIONYSUS IN DOUBT (1925)

DIONYSUS IN DOUBT

AS IT LOOKED THEN

GENEVIEVE AND ALEXANDRA

A MAN IN OUR TOWN

WHY HE WAS THERE

“IF THE LORD WOULD MAKE WINDOWS IN HEAVEN”

BATTLE AFTER WAR

THE GARDEN OF THE NATIONS

A CHRISTMAS SONNET

DEMOS AND DIONYSUS

THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE (1924)

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CAVENDER'S HOUSE (1929)

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THE GLORY OF THE NIGHTINGALES (1930)

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MATTHIAS AT THE DOOR (1931)

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NICODEMUS (1932)

TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE

ANNANDALE AGAIN

THE SPIRIT SPEAKING

THE PRODIGAL SON

THE MARCH OF THE CAMERON MEN

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AMARANTH (1934)

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KING JASPER (1935)

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XI
An Inscription by the Sea

(Glaucus)

No dust have I to cover me,
My grave no man may show;
My tomb is this unending sea,
And I lie far below.
My fate, O stranger, was to drown;
And where it was the ship went down
Is what the sea-birds know.