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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
POEMS
“IN THE HIGHTS”
THE FIRE DIVINE
IN HELENA'S GARDEN
1.
PART I
2.
PART II
THE LION OF TYRINGHAM
THE VOICE OF THE HIGHT
A SONG OF FRIENDSHIP
A ROSE OF DREAM
SONG
“WHEN THE GIRLS COME TO THE OLD HOUSE”
THE SONG OF A SONG
THE NET
SONG
SONG
“WHEN THE WAR FLEET PUTS TO SEA”
ART
IN PRAISE OF PORTRAITURE
IN TIMES OF PEACE
IMPROMPTUS
EDWARD EVERETT HALE
BARDS OF BRITAIN (1908)
CALVÉ
IN A CONCERT ROOM
THE LONESOME WILD
NEW FRIENDS AND OLD
SHADOW AND SUN
A NAVAL SURGEON OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION
A MOTHER'S PICTURE
ON A YOUNG HERO
A HERO'S BRIDE
TO ONE WHO PRAISED “THE GAY LIFE”
LYRIC LIVES
SONG
THE SINGING RIVER
THE SOLACE OF THE SKIES
THE WINDING PATH
“WHAT MAKES THE GARDEN GROW”
“IF, ONE GREAT DAY”
MUSIC BENEATH THE STARS
THE BIRDS OF WESTLAND
THE VEIL OF STARS
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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
ON A YOUNG HERO
Too
soon? But heroes always die too soon!
This, this it is that makes them dear and great.
Grant us, O kindly Heaven, the supreme boon
To give our lives too soon—not die too late!
The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
