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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909)
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THE NEW DAY
THE CELESTIAL PASSION
LYRICS
1.
PART I
ODE
1.
I
2.
II
3.
III
4.
IV
5.
V
A SONG OF EARLY SUMMER
A MIDSUMMER SONG
“ON THE WILD ROSE TREE”
“BEYOND ALL BEAUTY IS THE UNKNOWN GRACE”
THE VIOLET
THE YOUNG POET
A SONG OF EARLY AUTUMN
THE BUILDING OF THE CHIMNEY
“A WORD SAID IN THE DARK”
A RIDDLE OF LOVERS
THE DARK ROOM
BEFORE SUNRISE
“THE WOODS THAT BRING THE SUNSET NEAR”
SUNSET FROM THE TRAIN
“AFTER SORROW'S NIGHT”
A NOVEMBER CHILD
AT NIGHT
CRADLE SONG
“NINE YEARS”
“BACK FROM THE DARKNESS TO THE LIGHT AGAIN”
2.
PART II
3.
PART III
4.
PART IV
5.
PART V
TWO WORLDS AND OTHER POEMS
THE GREAT REMEMBRANCE AND OTHER POEMS
IN PALESTINE AND OTHER POEMS
POEMS
“IN THE HIGHTS”
THE FIRE DIVINE
IN HELENA'S GARDEN
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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
AS DOTH THE BIRD”
As
doth the bird, on outstretched pinions, dare
The dread abysm's viewless air,
Take thou, my soul, thy fearless flight
Into the void and dark of death's eternal night.
The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder