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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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XXIX

He held his bent head very low,
A sudden sadness in his air;
Then reached and touched my yellow hair
And tossed the long locks in his hand,
Toyed with them, sudden let them go,
Then thrummed about his saddle bow
As thought ran swift across his face;
Then turning instant in his place,
He gave some short and quick command.
They brought the best steed of the band,
They swung a carbine at my side,
He bade me mount and by him ride,
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And from that hour to the end
I never felt the need of friend.
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