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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UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS
POEMS FROM THE NOVELS
From Mardi
From Moby-Dick
JONAH'S SONG
WE'LL DRINK TO-NIGHT
From “Under the Rose”
From Piazza Tales
From Billy Budd
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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