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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
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
FAME
Fame
is an honest thing,
It is deceivèd not;
It passes by the palace gates
Where the crowned usurper waits,
Enters the peasant-poet's cot
And cries: “Thou art the king!”
The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder