Richard Watson Gilder

I lived from 1844-1909. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.

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• 'A Dun, Bleak Stretch That Slants To The Salt Sea's Gray'

  A dun, bleak stretch that slants to the salt sea's gray —
  Rock-strewn, and scarred by fire, and rough with

  11 lines
• A Riddle of Lovers

  I
  There lived a lady who was lovelier

  30 lines
• A Song Of Early Autumn

  When late in summer the streams run yellow,
  Burst the bridges and spread into bays;

  26 lines
• A Midsummer Song

  O, Father's gone to market-town, he was up before the day,
  And Jamie's after robins, and the man is making hay,

  24 lines, 2 comments
• 'My Love for Thee Doth March Like Arméd Men'

  My love for thee doth march like arméd men
  Against a queenly city they would take.

  13 lines
• 'Day unto Day Uttereth Speech'

  The speech that day doth utter, and the night,
  Full oft to mortal ears it hath no sound;

  13 lines
• 'Great Nature Is An Army Gay'

  Great nature is an army gay,
  Resistless marching on its way;

  23 lines
• Prelude

  The night was dark, though sometimes a faint star
  A little while a little space made bright.

  25 lines
• After The Italian

  I know not if I love her overmuch;
  But this I know, that when unto her face

  14 lines
• Written on a Fly-Leaf of "Shakespeare's Sonnets"

  When shall true love be love without alloy:
  Shine free at last from sinful circumstance!

  14 lines

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