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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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WALKER IN NICARAGUA
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CHANT I
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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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CHANT II
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CHANT III
  
THE TALE OF THE TALL ALCALDE
  
THE ARIZONIAN
  
THE LAST TASCHASTAS
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BITS FROM INA, A DRAMA
  
EVEN SO
  
MYRRH
  
BURNS
  
BYRON
  
KIT CARSON'S RIDE
  
OYE-AGUA: OREGON
  
SIERRA GRANDE DEL NORTE
  
EXODUS FOR OREGON
  
THE HEROES OF OREGON
  
WHERE ROLLS THE OREGON
  
PICTURE OF A BULL
  
VAQUERO
  
TO REST AT LAST
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DAWN AT SAN DIEGO
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Volume Three
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Volume Four
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Volume Five

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The standing side by side till death,
The dying for some wounded friend,
The faith that failed not to the end,
The strong endurance till the breath
And body took their ways apart,
I only know. I keep my trust.
Their vices! earth has them by heart:
Their virtues! they are with the dust.
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