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Joaquin Miller's Poems

[in six volumes]
Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)

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Volume One
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Volume Two
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Volume Three
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Volume Four
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Volume Five
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A SONG OF CREATION
  
[prologue]
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BOOK FIRST
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CANTO I
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CANTO II
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CANTO III
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CANTO IV
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I
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II
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III
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IV
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V
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VI
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VII
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VIII
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IX
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X
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XI
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XII
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XIII
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XIV
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XV
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XVI
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XVII
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XVIII
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XIX
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XX
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XXI
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XXII
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XXIII
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XXIV
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XXV
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XXVI
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XXVII
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XXVIII
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XXIX
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XXX
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XXXI
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XXXII
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XXXIII
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XXXIV
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BOOK SECOND
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BOOK THIRD
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BOOK FOUR
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WITH LOVE TO YOU AND YOURS
  
ADIOS
  
HINTS FROM THE HIGHTS

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XVI

But when we topped the hills of pine,
These men dismounted, doffed their cares,
Talk'd loud and laugh'd old love affairs,
And on the grass took meat and wine,
And never gave a thought again
To land or life that lay behind,
Or love, or care of any kind
Beyond the present cross or pain.
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