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Collected poems

Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869-1935)

COLLECTED POEMS

THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY (1916)

BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD

LLEWELLYN AND THE TREE

BEWICK FINZER

BOKARDO

THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY

THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (1890-1897)

JOHN EVERELDOWN

LUKE HAVERGAL

THREE QUATRAINS

II.

III.

III

AN OLD STORY

BALLADE BY THE FIRE

BALLADE OF BROKEN FLUTES

HER EYES

TWO MEN

VILLANELLE OF CHANGE

THE HOUSE ON THE HILL

THE STORY OF THE ASHES AND THE FLAME

AMARYLLIS

ZOLA

THE PITY OF THE LEAVES

AARON STARK

THE GARDEN

CLIFF KLINGENHAGEN

CHARLES CARVILLE'S EYES

II.

ON THE NIGHT OF A FRIEND'S WEDDING

THE CHORUS OF OLD MEN IN "ÆGEUS"

THE WILDERNESS

OCTAVES

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

VII

VIII.

VIII

IX.

XI.

XII.

XII

XIII.

XIII

XIV.

XIV

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

II.

CAPTAIN CRAIG, ETC. (1902)

CAPTAIN CRAIG

II.

III.

III

ISAAC AND ARCHIBALD

THE RETURN OF MORGAN AND FINGAL

AUNT IMOGEN

THE KLONDIKE

THE GROWTH OF "LORRAINE"

II.

THE SAGE

ERASMUS

THE WOMAN AND THE WIFE

I—The Explanation

II.

II—The Anniversary

THE BOOK OF ANNANDALE

II.

SAINTE-NITOUCHE

AS A WORLD WOULD HAVE IT

VARIATIONS OF GREEK THEMES

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

VII

VIII.

VIII

IX.

XI.

THE FIELD OF GLORY

MERLIN (1917)

MERLIN

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

VII

THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER (1910)

THE MASTER

THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER

II.

III.

IV.

II.

III.

LINGARD AND THE STARS

PASA THALASSA THALASSA

II.

EXIT

FIRST.

SECOND.

THIRD.

BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD

HOW ANNANDALE WENT OUT

TWO GARDENS IN LINNDALE

THE REVEALER

LANCELOT (1920)

LANCELOT

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

VII

VIII.

VIII

IX.

THE THREE TAVERNS (1920)

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

II.

THE OLD KING'S NEW JESTER

LAZARUS

AVON'S HARVEST, ETC. (1921)

AVON'S HARVEST

MR. FLOOD'S PARTY

BEN TROVATO

THE TREE IN PAMELA'S GARDEN

MONADNOCK THROUGH THE TREES

THE LONG RACE

MANY ARE CALLED

REMBRANDT TO REMBRANDT

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EXIT

For what we owe to other days,
Before we poisoned him with praise,

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May we who shrank to find him weak
Remember that he cannot speak.

For envy that we may recall,
And for our faith before the fall,
May we who are alive be slow
To tell what we shall never know.

For penance he would not confess,
And for the fateful emptiness
Of early triumph undermined,
May we now venture to be kind.