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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

TRIOLET

BALLADE OF A SHIP

BALLADE OF DEAD MARINERS: ENVOI

FOR A COPY OF POE'S POEMS

TAVERN SONGS: CHORUS.

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THE ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES

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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

A WREATH FOR EDWIN MARKHAM

TOO MUCH COFFEE

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TRIOLET

Silent they stand against the wall,
The mouldering boots of other days.
No more they answer Duty's call—
Silent they stand against the wall,—
Over their tops the cold bugs crawl
Like distant herds o'er darkened ways.
Silent they stand against the wall.
The mouldering boots of other days.