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The complete poetical works of John Hay
including many poems now first collected
Hay, John (1838-1905)
THE PIKE COUNTY BALLADS
WANDERLIEDER
NEW AND OLD
UNCOLLECTED PIECES
NARRATIVE POEMS
SONNETS
TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ATAVISM
TWILIGHT ON SANDUSKY MARSH
SORRENTO
PÆSTUM
THANATOS ATHANATOS
NIGHT IN VENICE
PEACE
LOVE'S DAWN
HELEN'S STAR STONE
A CHALLENGE
LOVE AND MUSIC
OBEDIENCE
COMPENSATION
ESTRELLA
INFINITE VARIETY
TO ONE ABSENT
SLEEP
EUTHANASIA
A PRAYER IN THESSALY
ACCIDENTS
SONGS AND LYRICS
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The complete poetical works of John Hay
[XV
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table]
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table:
Luckiest he who knows just when to rise and go home.
The complete poetical works of John Hay