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In Russet & Silver
By Edmund Gosse
Gosse, Edmund (1849-1928)
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In Russet & Silver
IN RUSSET AND SILVER
IMPRESSION
DISCIPLINE
A WINTER NIGHT'S DREAM
REVELATION
TRISTIA
PLAYTHINGS
CLASPING THE CLOUD
NUNC DIMITTIS
THE SCHOOL OF FAITH
AN EVENING VOLUNTARY
SECRETA VITÆ
Poems of Experience
Lyrics
Memorial Verses
Miscellany Poems
Exotic Sonnets
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In Russet & Silver
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CLASPING THE CLOUD
Iyearn
not for the fighting fate,
That holds and hath achieved,
I live to watch, and meditate,
And dream,—and be deceived.
Mine be the visionary star
That vibrates on the sea;
I deem Ixion happier far
Than Jupiter could be.
In Russet & Silver