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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder

Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909)

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I—SONG

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II—THE MIRROR

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III—LIKENESS IN UNLIKENESS

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VI—“I COUNT MY TIME BY TIMES THAT I MEET THEE”

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VIII—THE SEASONS

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IX—“SUMMER'S RAIN AND WINTER'S SNOW”

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XI—“O MIGHTY RIVER, TRIUMPHING TO THE SEA”

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XII—“MY SONGS ARE ALL OF THEE”

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XIII—AFTER MANY DAYS

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XIV—WEAL AND WOE

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XV—“O, LOVE IS NOT A SUMMER MOOD”

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XVI—“LOVE IS NOT BOND TO ANY MAN”

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XVII—“HE KNOWS NOT THE PATH OF DUTY”

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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I—SONG

Love, Love, my love,
The best things are the truest!
When the earth lies shadowy dark below,
O then the heavens are bluest!
Deep the blue of the sky,
And sharp the gleam of the stars,
And O, more bright against the night
The Aurora's crimson bars!