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Uncollected poems and prose of Edwin Arlington Robinson

Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869-1935)

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PALAEMON—DAMOETAS—MENALCAS

THE CLAM-DIGGER

THE GALLEY RACE

BALLADE OF A SHIP

BALLADE OF DEAD MARINERS: ENVOI

FOR A COPY OF POE'S POEMS

TAVERN SONGS: CHORUS.

THE ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES

FOR A BOOK BY THOMAS HARDY

EDWARD ALPHABET

THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT

“I MAKE NO MEASURE OF THE WORDS THEY SAY”

FOR SOME POEMS BY MATTHEW ARNOLD

BALLADE OF DEAD FRIENDS

A POEM FOR MAX NORDAU

THE NIGHT BEFORE

PLUMMER STREET, GARDINER, MAINE

VARIATIONS OF GREEK THEMES, V

BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD

HANNIBAL BROWN

A WREATH FOR EDWIN MARKHAM

TOO MUCH COFFEE

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HANNIBAL BROWN

An Alcaic

Although his wish was never to baffle us
Hannibal Brown was dolichocephalous.
His head reached half way up to heaven.
Hannibal's hat was a number seven.