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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
PRELUDE
1.
PART I
2.
PART II
3.
PART III
4.
PART IV
THE SOUL
“WHEN LOVE DAWNED”
LOVE AND DEATH
FATHER AND CHILD
“BEYOND THE BRANCHES OF THE PINE”
AN AUTUMN MEDITATION
“CALL ME NOT DEAD”
“EACH MOMENT HOLY IS”
“WHEN TO SLEEP I MUST”
TO A DEPARTED FRIEND
“THE EVENING STAR”
LIFE
THE FREED SPIRIT
UNDYING LIGHT
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
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