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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
THE LOITERER
1.
1
2.
2
3.
3
WHEN FORTH THE SHEPHERD LEADS THE FLOCK
THE LITTLE GOOD FELLOWS
CLOVER
MADCAPS
THE OLD FASHION
BUTTERFLY DITTY
THE BLUE-BIRD
THE LOVER AND THE SYRINGA BUSH
THE DAIRYMAN'S CHILD
TROPHIES OF PEACE
IN THE PAUPER'S TURNIP-FIELD
A WAY-SIDE WEED
THE CHIPMUNK
FIELD ASTERS
ALWAYS WITH US!
STOCKINGS IN THE FARM-HOUSE CHIMNEY
A DUTCH CHRISTMAS UP THE HUDSON IN THE TIME OF PATROONS
2.
PART II THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
3.
PART III 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UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS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
A SPIRIT APPEARED TO ME
A Spirit appeared to me, and said
“Where now would you choose to dwell?
In the Paradise of the Fool,
Or in wise Solomon's hell?”
Never he asked me twice:
“Give me the fool's Paradise.”
Collected poems of Herman Melville