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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
1.
PART I
2.
PART II
3.
PART III
BROTHERS
LOVE, ART, AND TIME
THE DANCERS
THE TWENTY-THIRD OF APRIL
EMMA LAZARUS
THE TWELFTH OF DECEMBER
4.
PART IV
5.
PART V
6.
PART VI
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
TO ONE WHO PRAISED “THE GAY LIFE”
Gay
!—as the hot crater's crust all lightning-lit—
But one tread more, and horror of the pit!
Gay! Yes, for a moment, and then weeping sorrow,
With wild remorse to meet the dawning morrow.
The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder