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[Poems by Kilmer in] Joyce Kilmer

Kilmer, Joyce (1886-1918)

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VOLUME ONE MEMOIR AND POEMS

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POEMS FROM FRANCE

PRAYER OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCE

WHEN THE SIXTY-NINTH COMES BACK

MIRAGE DU CANTONMENT

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WARTIME CHRISTMAS

THE SNOWMAN IN THE YARD

A BLUE VALENTINE

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FATHER GERARD HOPKINS, S.J.

GATES AND DOORS

THE ROBE OF CHRIST

THE SINGING GIRL

THE ANNUNCIATION

THANKSGIVING

MID-OCEAN IN WAR-TIME

QUEEN ELIZABETH SPEAKS

IN MEMORY OF RUPERT BROOKE

THE CATHEDRAL OF RHEIMS

THE WHITE SHIPS AND THE RED

THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE

SERVANT GIRL AND GROCER'S BOY

THE APARTMENT HOUSE

AS WINDS THAT BLOW AGAINST A STAR

TO A YOUNG POET WHO KILLED HIMSELF

TO CERTAIN POETS

CITIZEN OF THE WORLD

TO A BLACKBIRD AND HIS MATE WHO DIED IN THE SPRING

THE FOURTH SHEPHERD

MOUNT HOUVENKOPF

THE HOUSE WITH NOBODY IN IT

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SLENDER YOUR HANDS

WHITE BIRD OF LOVE

TRANSFIGURATION

BALLADE OF MY LADY'S BEAUTY

PRINCESS BALLADE

LULLABY FOR A BABY FAIRY

THE MAD FIDDLER

THE GRASS IN MADISON SQUARE

THE CLOUDED SUN

THE POET'S EPITAPH

THE WAY OF LOVE

CHEVELY CROSSING

THE OTHER LOVER

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THANKSGIVING

(For John Bunker)

The roar of the world is in my ears.
Thank God for the roar of the world!
Thank God for the mighty tide of fears
Against me always hurled!

Thank God for the bitter and ceaseless strife,
And the sting of His chastening rod!
Thank God for the stress and the pain of life,
And Oh, thank God for God!