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Collected poems of Herman Melville
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
BATTLE-PIECES
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
TIMOLEON
WEEDS AND WILDINGS WITH A ROSE OR TWO
1.
PART I THE YEAR
2.
PART II THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
3.
PART III RIP VAN WINKLE'S LILAC
RIP VAN WINKLE'S LILAC
A ROSE OR TWO
MARQUIS DE GRANDVIN
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS
POEMS FROM THE NOVELS
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Collected poems of Herman Melville
IV
THE LAST TILE
When the last marble tile was laid
The winds died down on all the seas;
Hushed were the birds, and swooned the glade;
Ictinus sat; Aspasia said
“Hist!—Art's meridian, Pericles!”
Collected poems of Herman Melville