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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
UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS
EPISTLE TO DANIEL SHEPHERD
INSCRIPTION
THE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE
TO TOM
SUGGESTED BY THE RUINS OF A MOUNTAIN-TEMPLE IN ARCADIA, ONE BUILT BY THE ARCHITECT OF THE PARTHENON
PUZZLEMENT
THE CONTINENTS
THE DUST-LAYERS
A RAIL ROAD CUTTING NEAR ALEXANDRIA IN 1855
A REASONABLE CONSTITUTION
RAMMON
DITTY OF ARISTIPPUS
IN A NUTSHELL
ADIEU
POEMS FROM THE NOVELS
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Collected poems of Herman Melville
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LIKE THE FISH
Like the fish of the bright and twittering fin,
Bright fish! diving deep as high soars the lark,
So, far, far, far, doth the maiden swim,
Wild song, wild light, in still ocean's dark.
Collected poems of Herman Melville