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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
2.
PART II THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER
3.
PART III RIP VAN WINKLE'S LILAC
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UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS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
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PADDLER'S SONG
Ho! merrily ho! we paddlers sail!
Ho! over sea-dingle, and dale!—
All fire-flies flame with golden gleamings!
Our pulses fly,
Our hearts beat high,
Ho! merrily, merrily ho!
Collected poems of Herman Melville