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Collected poems of Herman Melville
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
BATTLE-PIECES
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
TIMOLEON
TIMOLEON
AFTER THE PLEASURE PARTY
THE NIGHT-MARCH
THE RAVAGED VILLA
THE MARGRAVE'S BIRTHNIGHT
MAGIAN WINE
THE GARDEN OF METRODORUS
THE NEW ZEALOT TO THE SUN
THE WEAVER
LAMIA'S SONG
IN A GARRET
MONODY
LONE FOUNTS
THE BENCH OF BOORS
THE ENTHUSIAST
ART
BUDDHA
C---'S LAMENT
SHELLEY'S VISION
FRAGMENTS OF A LOST GNOSTIC POEM OF THE 12th CENTURY
THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS
THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES
HERBA SANTA
FRUIT OF TRAVEL LONG AGO
WEEDS AND WILDINGS WITH A ROSE OR TWO
A ROSE OR TWO
MARQUIS DE GRANDVIN
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS
POEMS FROM THE NOVELS
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Collected poems of Herman Melville
THE AVATAR
Bloom or repute for graft or seed
In flowers the flower-gods never heed.
The rose-god once came down and took—
Form in a rose? Nay, but indeed
The meeker form and humbler look
Of Sweet-Briar, a wilding or weed.
Collected poems of Herman Melville