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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder

Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909)

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I—“THE PALLID WATCHER OF THE EASTERN SKIES”

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II—“MY LOVE FOR THEE DOTH MARCH LIKE ARMÈD MEN”

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III—“WHAT WOULD I SAVE THEE FROM?”

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IV—“WHAT WOULD I WIN THEE TO?”

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V—“I WILL BE BRAVE FOR THEE”

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VI—“LOVE ME NOT, LOVE, FOR THAT I FIRST LOVED THEE”

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VII—BODY AND SOUL

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VIII—“THY LOVER, LOVE, WOULD HAVE SOME NOBLER WAY”

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IX—LOVE'S JEALOUSY

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X—LOVE'S MONOTONE

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XI—“ONCE ONLY”

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XIII—“ONCE WHEN WE WALKED WITHIN A SUMMER FIELD”

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XV—LISTENING TO MUSIC

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XVI—“A SONG OF THE MAIDEN MORN”

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XVII—WORDS IN ABSENCE

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XIX—THISTLE-DOWN

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XX—“O SWEET WILD ROSES THAT BUD AND BLOW”

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XXI—THE RIVER

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XXII—THE LOVER'S LORD AND MASTER

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XXIV—“A NIGHT OF STARS AND DREAMS”

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XXV—A BIRTHDAY SONG

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XXVI—“WHAT CAN LOVE DO FOR THEE, LOVE?”

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XXVII—“THE SMILE OF HER I LOVE”

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XXVIII—FRANCESCA AND PAOLO

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XXIX—THE UNKNOWN WAY

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XXX—THE SOWER

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XXXI—“WHEN THE LAST DOUBT IS DOUBTED”

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THE CELESTIAL PASSION

TWO WORLDS AND OTHER POEMS

THE GREAT REMEMBRANCE AND OTHER POEMS

IN PALESTINE AND OTHER POEMS

“IN THE HIGHTS”

THE FIRE DIVINE

IN HELENA'S GARDEN

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WAGNER

This is the eternal mystery of art:
He told the secretest secret of his heart—
How many mortals, with quick-flaming brow,
Whispered, “Lo, this am I—and that art thou!”