Joaquin Miller's Poems :: :: University of Virginia Library

Joaquin Miller's Poems

[in six volumes]

Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)

Volume One

[dedication]

AN INTRODUCTION

LATER LINES PREFERRED BY LONDON

LESSONS FOR MY LOVERS

LINES THAT PAPA LIKED

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The Queen was at peace. Her terms of surrender
To love, who knows? and who can defend her?
She slept at peace, and the sentry's warning
Could scarce awaken the love-conquer'd Queen;
She slept at peace in the opaline
Hush and blush of that tropical morning;