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Poems

By Edward Dowden

Dowden, Edward (1843-1913)

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IN THE GALLERIES

“LA RÉVÉLATION PAR LE DÉSERT”

THE MORNING STAR

A CHILD'S NOONDAY SLEEP

AMONG THE ROCKS

A SONG OF THE NEW DAY

MEMORIALS OF TRAVEL

IN THE TWILIGHT

THE RESTING PLACE

NEW HYMNS FOR SOLITUDE

IN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE

THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE:

BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL

IN A JUNE NIGHT

FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER

MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS

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VIII.

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF LATER DATES

IN THE CATHEDRAL

EDGAR ALLAN POE

DEUS ABSCONDITUS

FLOWERS FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCE

IMITATED FROM J. SOULARY'S “LE FOSSOYEUR”

IMITATED FROM GOETHE'S “GANYMEDE”

WITH A COPY OF MY “POEMS”

PROLOGUE TO MAURICE GEROTHWOHL'S VERSION OF VIGNY'S “CHATTERTON”

THE DROPS OF NECTAR. 1789

AMOR AS LANDSCAPE-PAINTER

IMITATED FROM GOETHE'S “ALEXIS AND DORA”

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VII

Look forward with those steadfast eyes
O Pilot of our star!
It sweeps through rains and driving snows,
Strong Angel, gaze afar!

Seest thou a zone of golden air?
Hearest thou the March-winds ring?
Or is thy heart prophetic yet
With stirrings of the Spring?