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The poetical works of Edward Rowland Sill

Sill, Edward Rowland (1841-1887)

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UNDERGRADUATE AND EARLY POEMS
  
THE POLAR SEA
  
MORNING
  
MIDNIGHT
  
FAITH
  
MUSIC
  
DREAM-DOOMED
  
DESPAIR AND HOPE
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COMMENCEMENT POEM
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III
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IV
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V RETROSPECT
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VI
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VII
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VIII THE FOUNTAIN
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IX SOLITUDE
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X
  
THE FOUR PICTURES
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POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1862 AND 1867
  
THE RUBY HEART
  
TO CHILD ANNA
  
A FABLE
  
THE CREATION
  
THE FIRST CAUSE
  
SEMELE
  
CLASS SONG
  
THE GAME OF LIFE
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MAN, THE SPIRIT
  
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THE FUTURE
  
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THE DEAD PRESIDENT
  
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A PARADOX
  
HOME
  
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THE CHOICE
  
WISDOM AND FAME
  
SERENITY
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THE HERMITAGE, AND OTHER POEMS
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THE HERMITAGE
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I.
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II.
  
SUNDOWN
  
THE ARCH
  
APRIL IN OAKLAND
  
TO CHILD SARA
  
EASTERN WINTER
  
SLEEPING
  
STARLIGHT
  
A DEAD BIRD IN WINTER
  
SPRING TWILIGHT
  
EVENING
  
THE ORGAN
  
LOST LOVE
  
A MEMORY
  
LIFE
  
FERTILITY
  
THREE SONGS
  
THE WORLD'S SECRET
  
SEEMING AND BEING
  
WEATHER-BOUND
  
SUMMER AFTERNOON
  
A POET'S APOLOGY
  
A PRAYER
  
A DAILY MIRACLE
  
INFLUENCES
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POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1867 AND 1872
  
A BIRD'S SONG
  
THE NEWS-GIRL
  
THE HOUSE AND THE HEART
  
A PRAYER FOR PEACE
  
A TROPICAL MORNING AT SEA
  
THE PICTURE OF THE WORLD
  
FOR THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
  
THE TWO WAYS
  
THE CLOCKS OF GNOSTER-TOWN
  
THE LOST BIRD
  
SUMMER RAIN
  
THE BELLOWS-BOY
  
THE NEW YEAR
  
THE TRUANT
  
SPRING
  
TRANQUILLITY
  
IN A FAR COUNTRY
  
THE WONDERFUL THOUGHT
  
TO “THE RADICAL”
  
THE INVISIBLE
  
A DRIFTING CLOUD
  
A REPLY
  
THE SCHOOLHOUSE WINDOWS
  
A FOOLISH WISH
  
THE SECRET
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POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1872 AND 1880
  
THE THINGS THAT WILL NOT DIE
  
A CHILD AND A STAR
  
REVERIE
  
IS IT SAFE?
  
FIVE LIVES
  
THE OPEN WINDOW
  
GOOD NEWS
  
SUNDAY
  
PEACE
  
DARE YOU?
  
CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA
  
BUT FOR HIM
  
NATURE AND HER CHILD
  
THE FOSTER-MOTHER
  
THE LINKS OF CHANCE
  
TWO VIEWS OF IT
  
TO A FACE AT A CONCERT
  
THE THRUSH
  
EVERY-DAY LIFE
  
AT LAST
  
FOREST HOME
  
THE SINGER'S CONFESSION
  
A MYTH OF FANTASY AND FIRST LOVE
  
THE DEPARTURE OF THE PILOT
  
AN ANSWER
  
IN MEMORY OF A MUSICIAN
  
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM
  
A RESTING-PLACE
  
THE MYSTERY
  
THE FOOL'S PRAYER
  
OPPORTUNITY
  
AN ASPIRATION
  
THE NORTH WIND
  
THE TREE OF MY LIFE
  
THE DESERTER
  
A CALIFORNIAN'S DREAMS
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THE VENUS OF MILO, AND OTHER POEMS
  
THE VENUS OF MILO
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FIELD NOTES
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I
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II
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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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IX
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X
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XI
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XII
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XIII
  
CALIFORNIA WINTER
  
THE LOVER'S SONG
  
RECALL
  
THE REFORMER
  
DESIRE OF SLEEP
  
EVE'S DAUGHTER
  
A HYMN OF HOPE
  
AN ANCIENT ERROR
  
AN ADAGE FROM THE ORIENT
  
TO A MAID DEMURE
  
HERMIONE
  
TRUTH AT LAST
  
UNTIMELY THOUGHT
  
SERVICE
  
ON A PICTURE OF MT. SHASTA BY KEITH
  
“QUEM METUI MORITURA?”
  
THE SINGER
  
WORDSWORTH
  
THE WORLD RUNS ROUND
  
CARPE DIEM
  
AMONG THE REDWOODS
  
AT DAWN
  
HER FACE
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LATER POEMS
  
A MORNING THOUGHT
  
STRANGE
  
MOODS
  
THE BOOK OF HOURS
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“WORDS, WORDS, WORDS”
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AN ADAGE FROM THE ORIENT

At the punch-bowl's brink,
Let the thirsty think
What they say in Japan:
“First the man takes a drink,
Then the drink takes a drink,
Then the drink takes the man!”
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