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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
A ROSE OR TWO
1.
PART I AS THEY FELL
AMOROSO
HEARTH-ROSES
UNDER THE GROUND
THE AMBUSCADE
THE NEW ROSICRUCIANS
THE VIAL OF ATTAR
ROSE WINDOW
ROSARY BEADS
THE DEVOTION OF THE FLOWERS TO THEIR LADY
2.
PART II
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UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS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