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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
MARQUIS DE GRANDVIN
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
IMMOLATED
MADAM MIRROR
THE WISE VIRGINS TO MADAM MIRROR
THE NEW ANCIENT OF DAYS
THE RUSTY MAN
THY AIM, THY AIM?
THE OLD SHIPMASTER AND HIS CRAZY BARN
CAMOENS
Camoens In The Hospital
MONTAIGNE AND HIS KITTEN
FALSTAFF'S LAMENT OVER PRINCE HAL BECOME HENRY V
SHADOW AT THE FEAST
MRS. B---
MERRY DITTY OF THE SAD MAN
HONOR
FRUIT AND FLOWER PAINTER
THE MEDALLION
TIME'S LONG AGO!
IN THE HALL OF MARBLES
GOLD IN THE MOUNTAIN
IN THE JOVIAL AGE OF OLD
A SPIRIT APPEARED TO ME
GIVE ME THE NERVE
MY JACKET OLD
IN THE OLD FARM-HOUSE
TO ---
A BATTLE PICTURE
OLD AGE IN HIS AILING
HEARTS-OF-GOLD
PONTOOSUCE
UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS
POEMS FROM THE NOVELS
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Collected poems of Herman Melville
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A REASONABLE CONSTITUTION
What though Reason forged your scheme?
'Twas Reason dreamed the Utopia's dream:
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
Collected poems of Herman Melville