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Joaquin Miller's Poems

[in six volumes]
Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)

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Volume One
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Volume Two
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Volume Three
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THE SEA OF FIRE
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THE SHIP IN THE DESERT
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ISLES OF THE AMAZONS
  
AN INDIAN SUMMER
  
FROM SEA TO SEA
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A SONG OF THE SOUTH
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Part I
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PART II.
  
[prologue]
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III
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IV
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V
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VI
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VII
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VIII
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XIII
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XIV
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RESURGO SAN FRANCISCO
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Volume Four
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Volume Five

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XXXIX

And, too, the tale is we are dead
And cast forth unto burning hell,
While they, down there, live, laugh instead;
That with them, down there, all is well,
The while they dance all night, all day—
While we are dead and cast in hell.
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