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The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder
Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909)
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THE NEW DAY
PRELUDE
1.
PART I
2.
PART II
3.
PART III
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INTERLUDE
4.
PART IV
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
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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