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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder

Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909)

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THE CELESTIAL PASSION

TWO WORLDS AND OTHER POEMS

THE GREAT REMEMBRANCE AND OTHER POEMS

IN PALESTINE AND OTHER POEMS

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“IN THE HIGHTS”

“IN THE HIGHTS”

A CALL TO THE MOUNTAINS

SPRING SURPRISE

“THE LIGHT LIES ON THE FARTHER HILLS”

“AH, NEAR, DEAR FRIEND”

MUSIC IN DARKNESS

THE ANGER OF BEETHOVEN

MOTHER AND CHILD

ALICE FREEMAN PALMER

“MOTHER OF HEROES”

THE GREAT CITIZEN

ON READING OF A POET'S DEATH

JOHN HENRY BONER

“A WONDROUS SONG”

THE SINGER OF JOY

BREAD UPON THE WATERS

“WHAT MAN HATH DONE”

“HE PONDERED WELL”

“THOU THINKEST THOU HAST LIVED”

“SO FIERCE THE BUFFETS”

THE WORLD'S END

SHELLEY'S “OZYMANDIAS”

INAUGURATION DAY

THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

BUILDERS OF THE STATE

THE PASSING OF JOSEPH JEFFERSON

“SHALL WE NOT PRAISE THE LIVING?”

A TEMPLE OF ART

THE FIRE DIVINE

IN HELENA'S GARDEN

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XXIII—SONG

My love grew with the growing night,
And dawned with the new daylight.