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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
VENICE
IN A BYE-CANAL
PISA'S LEANING TOWER
IN A CHURCH OF PADUA
MILAN CATHEDRAL
PAUSILIPPO
THE ATTIC LANDSCAPE
THE SAME
THE PARTHENON
1.
I SEEN ALOFT FROM AFAR
2.
II NEARER VIEWED
3.
III THE FRIEZE
4.
IV THE LAST TILE
GREEK MASONRY
GREEK ARCHITECTURE
OFF CAPE COLONNA
THE ARCHIPELAGO
SYRA
DISINTERMENT OF THE HERMES
THE APPARITION
IN THE DESERT
THE GREAT PYRAMID
L'ENVOI
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UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS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
OLD AGE IN HIS AILING
Old Age in his ailing
At youth will be railing
It scorns youth's regaling
Pooh-pooh it does, silly dream;
But me, the fool, save
From waxing so grave
As, reduced to skimmed milk, to slander the cream.
Collected poems of Herman Melville