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Poems

By Edward Dowden
Dowden, Edward (1843-1913)

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THE WANDERER
  
THE FOUNTAIN
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IN THE GALLERIES
  
ON THE HEIGHTS
  
“LA RÉVÉLATION PAR LE DÉSERT”
  
THE MORNING STAR
  
A CHILD'S NOONDAY SLEEP
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IN THE GARDEN
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THE HEROINES
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BY THE SEA
  
AMONG THE ROCKS
  
TO A YEAR
  
A SONG OF THE NEW DAY
  
SWALLOWS
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MEMORIALS OF TRAVEL
 I. 
I. COACHING
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II. IN A MOUNTAIN PASS
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III. THE CASTLE
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IV. Αισθητιχη φαντασια
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V. ON THE SEA-CLIFF
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VI. ASCETIC NATURE
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VII. RELICS
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VIII. ON THE PIER OF BOULOGNE
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IX. DOVER
  
AN AUTUMN SONG
  
BURDENS
  
SONG
  
BY THE WINDOW
  
SUNSETS
  
OASIS
  
FOREIGN SPEECH
  
IN THE TWILIGHT
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THE INNER LIFE
  
THE RESTING PLACE
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NEW HYMNS FOR SOLITUDE
  
IN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE
  
FIRST LOVE
  
THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE:
  
BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL
  
IN A JUNE NIGHT
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FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS
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WINDLE-STRAWS
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF LATER DATES
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THE CORN-CRAKE
  
IN THE CATHEDRAL
  
EDGAR ALLAN POE
  
DEUS ABSCONDITUS
  
SUBLIMINAL
  
LOUISA SHORE
  
FLOWERS FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
  
TO HESTER
  
UNUTTERED
  
IMITATED FROM J. SOULARY'S “LE FOSSOYEUR”
  
IMITATED FROM GOETHE'S “GANYMEDE”
  
WITH A COPY OF MY “POEMS”
  
PROLOGUE TO MAURICE GEROTHWOHL'S VERSION OF VIGNY'S “CHATTERTON”
  
A SONG
  
THE DROPS OF NECTAR. 1789
  
AMOR AS LANDSCAPE-PAINTER
  
THE WANDERER
  
IMITATED FROM GOETHE'S “ALEXIS AND DORA”

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II. IN A MOUNTAIN PASS

(In Scotland)

To what wild blasts of tyrannous harmony
Uprose these rocky walls, mass threatening mass,
Dusk, shapeless shapes, around a desolate pass?
What deep heart of the ancient hills set free
The passion, the desire, the destiny
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Of this lost stream? Yon clouds that break and form,
Light vanward squadrons of the joyous storm,
They gather hither from what untrack'd sea?
Primeval kindred! here the mind regains
Its vantage ground against the world; here thought
Wings up the silent waste of air on broad
Undaunted pinion; man's imperial pains
Are ours, and visiting fears, and joy unsought,
Native resolve, and partnership with God.
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