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Poems

by William Ernest Henley
Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903)

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TO MY WIFE
  
[Ask me not how they came]
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IN HOSPITAL
  
THE SONG OF THE SWORD
  
ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
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BRIC-A-BRAC
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ECHOES
 I. 
I TO MY MOTHER
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV I. M. R. T. HAMILTON BRUCE (1846–1899)
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V
 VI. 
VI
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VII
 VIII. 
VIII
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IX To W. R.
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X
 XI. 
XI To W. R.
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XII
 XIII. 
XIII
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XIV
 XV. 
XV
 XVI. 
XVI
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XVII
 XVIII. 
XVIII To A. D.
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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
 XXVII. 
XXVII
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII To S. C.
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XXIX To R. L. S.
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XXX
 XXXI. 
XXXI
 XXXII. 
XXXII To D. H.
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XXXIII
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV To K. de M.
 XXXV. 
XXXV I. M. MARGARITÆ SORORIS (1886)
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII To W. A.
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XXXVIII
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XXXIX
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XL
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XLI To R. A. M. S.
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XLII
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XLIII
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XLIV
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XLV To W. B. B.
 XLVI. 
XLVI MATRI DILECTISSIMÆ I. M.
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XLVII
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RHYMES AND RHYTHMS
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HAWTHORN AND LAVENDER
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LONDON VOLUNTARIES
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LONDON TYPES
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THREE PROLOGUES
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FOR ENGLAND'S SAKE
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EPICEDIA
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APPENDIX

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XVI

[While the west is paling]

While the west is paling
Starshine is begun.
While the dusk is failing
Glimmers up the sun.
So, till darkness cover
Life's retreating gleam,
Lover follows lover,
Dream succeeds to dream.
Stoop to my endeavour,
O my love, and be
Only and for ever
Sun and stars to me.
1876
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