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Poems by William D. Howells
Howells, William Dean (1837-1920)
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THE PILOT'S STORY.
FORLORN.
PLEASURE-PAIN.
IN AUGUST.
THE EMPTY HOUSE.
BUBBLES.
LOST BELIEFS.
LOUIS LEBEAU'S CONVERSION.
CAPRICE.
SWEET CLOVER.
THE ROYAL PORTRAITS.
THE FAITHFUL OF THE GONZAGA.
THE FIRST CRICKET.
THE MULBERRIES.
BEFORE THE GATE.
CLEMENT.
BY THE SEA.
SAINT CHRISTOPHER.
ELEGY ON JOHN BUTLER HOWELLS,
THANKSGIVING.
A SPRINGTIME.
IN EARLIEST SPRING.
THE BOBOLINKS ARE SINGING.
PRELUDE.
THE MOVERS.
THROUGH THE MEADOW.
GONE.
THE SARCASTIC FAIR.
RAPTURE.
DEAD.
THE DOUBT.
THE THORN.
THE MYSTERIES.
THE BATTLE IN THE CLOUDS.
FOR ONE OF THE KILLED.
THE TWO WIVES.
BEREAVED.
THE SNOW-BIRDS.
VAGARY.
FEUERBILDER.
AVERY.
BOPEEP: A PASTORAL.
WHILE SHE SANG.
A POET.
CONVENTION.
THE POET'S FRIENDS.
NO LOVE LOST.
THE SONG THE ORIOLE SINGS.
PORDENONE.
THE LONG DAYS.
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THE SARCASTIC FAIR.
Her
mouth is a honey-blossom,
No doubt, as the poet sings;
But within her lips, the petals,
Lurks a cruel bee, that stings.
Poems by William D. Howells
