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Collected poems
Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869-1935)
COLLECTED POEMS
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[acknowledgements]
CONTENTS
THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY (1916)
THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (1890-1897)
CAPTAIN CRAIG, ETC. (1902)
MERLIN (1917)
THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER (1910)
LANCELOT (1920)
LANCELOT
I.
I
II.
II
III.
III
IV.
IV
V.
V
VI.
VI
VII.
VII
VIII.
VIII
IX.
IX
THE THREE TAVERNS (1920)
AVON'S HARVEST, ETC. (1921)
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III. III
We cannot crown ourselves with everything,
Nor can we coax the Fates for us to quarrel:
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No matter what we are, or what we sing,
Time finds a withered leaf in every laurel.
Collected poems