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The poetical works of Edward Rowland Sill
Sill, Edward Rowland (1841-1887)
UNDERGRADUATE AND EARLY POEMS
THE POLAR SEA
MORNING
MIDNIGHT
FAITH
MUSIC
DREAM-DOOMED
DESPAIR AND HOPE
COMMENCEMENT POEM
1.
I.
2.
II.
3.
III
4.
IV
5.
V RETROSPECT
6.
VI
7.
VII
8.
VIII THE FOUNTAIN
9.
IX SOLITUDE
10.
X
THE FOUR PICTURES
POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1862 AND 1867
THE RUBY HEART
TO CHILD ANNA
A FABLE
THE CREATION
THE FIRST CAUSE
SEMELE
CLASS SONG
THE GAME OF LIFE
MAN, THE SPIRIT
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THE FUTURE
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THE DEAD PRESIDENT
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A PARADOX
HOME
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THE CHOICE
WISDOM AND FAME
SERENITY
THE HERMITAGE, AND OTHER POEMS
THE HERMITAGE
1.
I.
2.
II.
SUNDOWN
THE ARCH
APRIL IN OAKLAND
TO CHILD SARA
EASTERN WINTER
SLEEPING
STARLIGHT
A DEAD BIRD IN WINTER
SPRING TWILIGHT
EVENING
THE ORGAN
LOST LOVE
A MEMORY
LIFE
FERTILITY
THREE SONGS
THE WORLD'S SECRET
SEEMING AND BEING
WEATHER-BOUND
SUMMER AFTERNOON
A POET'S APOLOGY
A PRAYER
A DAILY MIRACLE
INFLUENCES
POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1867 AND 1872
A BIRD'S SONG
THE NEWS-GIRL
THE HOUSE AND THE HEART
A PRAYER FOR PEACE
A TROPICAL MORNING AT SEA
THE PICTURE OF THE WORLD
FOR THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
THE TWO WAYS
THE CLOCKS OF GNOSTER-TOWN
THE LOST BIRD
SUMMER RAIN
THE BELLOWS-BOY
THE NEW YEAR
THE TRUANT
SPRING
TRANQUILLITY
IN A FAR COUNTRY
THE WONDERFUL THOUGHT
TO “THE RADICAL”
THE INVISIBLE
A DRIFTING CLOUD
A REPLY
THE SCHOOLHOUSE WINDOWS
A FOOLISH WISH
THE SECRET
POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1872 AND 1880
THE THINGS THAT WILL NOT DIE
A CHILD AND A STAR
REVERIE
IS IT SAFE?
FIVE LIVES
THE OPEN WINDOW
GOOD NEWS
SUNDAY
PEACE
DARE YOU?
CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA
BUT FOR HIM
NATURE AND HER CHILD
THE FOSTER-MOTHER
THE LINKS OF CHANCE
TWO VIEWS OF IT
TO A FACE AT A CONCERT
THE THRUSH
EVERY-DAY LIFE
AT LAST
FOREST HOME
THE SINGER'S CONFESSION
A MYTH OF FANTASY AND FIRST LOVE
THE DEPARTURE OF THE PILOT
AN ANSWER
IN MEMORY OF A MUSICIAN
A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM
A RESTING-PLACE
THE MYSTERY
THE FOOL'S PRAYER
OPPORTUNITY
AN ASPIRATION
THE NORTH WIND
THE TREE OF MY LIFE
THE DESERTER
A CALIFORNIAN'S DREAMS
THE VENUS OF MILO, AND OTHER POEMS
THE VENUS OF MILO
FIELD NOTES
1.
I
2.
II
3.
III
4.
IV
5.
V
6.
VI
7.
VII
8.
VIII
9.
IX
10.
X
11.
XI
12.
XII
13.
XIII
CALIFORNIA WINTER
THE LOVER'S SONG
RECALL
THE REFORMER
DESIRE OF SLEEP
EVE'S DAUGHTER
A HYMN OF HOPE
AN ANCIENT ERROR
AN ADAGE FROM THE ORIENT
TO A MAID DEMURE
HERMIONE
TRUTH AT LAST
UNTIMELY THOUGHT
SERVICE
ON A PICTURE OF MT. SHASTA BY KEITH
“QUEM METUI MORITURA?”
THE SINGER
WORDSWORTH
THE WORLD RUNS ROUND
CARPE DIEM
AMONG THE REDWOODS
AT DAWN
HER FACE
LATER POEMS
A MORNING THOUGHT
STRANGE
MOODS
THE BOOK OF HOURS
“WORDS, WORDS, WORDS”
1.
I
2.
II
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The poetical works of Edward Rowland Sill
We gaze from our separate windows on the Night
And find our own small faces imaged there
In the glass, nor ever see the shadowy plain
Stretching out through the dimness, on and on.
The poetical works of Edward Rowland Sill