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Collected poems of Herman Melville
Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
BATTLE-PIECES
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
JOHN MARR
BRIDEGROOM DICK
TOM DEADLIGHT
JACK ROY
THE HAGLETS
THE AEOLIAN HARP
MINOR SEA PIECES
PEBBLES
TIMOLEON
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UNPUBLISHED OR UNCOLLECTED POEMS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