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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
4.
PART IV
5.
PART V
HIDE NOT THY HEART
“THE POET FROM HIS OWN SORROW”
“WHITE, PILLARED NECK”
“GREAT NATURE IS AN ARMY GAY”
“LIFE IS THE COST”
THE PRISONER'S THOUGHT
THE CONDEMNED
“SOW THOU SORROW”
TEMPTATION
A MIDSUMMER MEDITATION
AS DOTH THE BIRD”
VISIONS
WITH A CROSS OF IMMORTELLES
THE PASSING OF CHRIST
1.
I
2.
II
CREDO
NON SINE DOLORE
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