The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder

Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909)

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THE NEW DAY

THE CELESTIAL PASSION

LYRICS

TWO WORLDS AND OTHER POEMS

THE GREAT REMEMBRANCE AND OTHER POEMS

IN PALESTINE AND OTHER POEMS

THE DOUBTER'S SOLILOQUY

TO ONE IMPATIENT OF FORM IN ART

TO THE POET

COMPENSATION

THE POET'S SECRET

“THE DAY BEGAN AS OTHER DAYS BEGIN”

A POET'S QUESTION

PRELUDE FOR “A BOOK OF MUSIC”

“THE PATHETIC SYMPHONY”

MACDOWELL

A FANTASY OF CHOPIN

“HOW STRANGE THE MUSICIAN'S MEMORY”

“IN A NIGHT OF MIDSUMMER”

IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS

JOSEPHINE SHAW LOWELL

“ONE ROSE OF SONG”

JOHN MALONE

“LOST LEADERS”

ON A CERTAIN “AGNOSTIC”

“A WEARY WASTE WITHOUT HER”

BEFORE THE GRAND JURY

“IN THE CITIES”

A TRAGEDY OF TO-DAY

THE OLD HOUSE

“THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE THE OLD PLACE!”

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THE WATCHMAN ON THE TOWER

UNDER THE STARS

IN HELENA'S GARDEN

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Maria mia! all in white
Your fairy form against the night,
Maria!

Maria mia! in the night
Gleams like a ghost your form so slight,
Maria!

Maria mia! like a sprite
Burn those eyes in dusky light,
Maria!

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Maria mia! sweet and wise
Those darkling, deep, Italian eyes,
Maria!

Maria mia! starry skies
Hold no such brightness as those eyes,
Maria!

Maria mia! turn, O turn
Those eyes away that beam and burn,
Maria!

Maria mia! when those eyes
Burn close, O close, I am not wise,
Maria!
I am not wise,
Maria!

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