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Born in June 22, 1888 / Died in July 4, 1916 / United States / English

Poems by Alan Seeger

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Sonnet 02

... Wet with the salt-spray and the mountain showers, ...

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Sonnet 03

... Plunged for so long in darkness and in dearth, ...

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Sonnet 04

... 'Twas not to pray nor hear our friend's address, ...

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Sonnet 05

... And I have blessed the fate that was so kind ...

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Sonnet 06

... For I think less of what that chance may bring ...

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Sonnet 07

... have no fear To wound me with unkindness done or said, ...

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Sonnet 08

... And seen men's brains spilled out about their ears ...

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Sonnet 10

... For there at least my troubled flesh was free ...

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Sonnet 11

... On that poor world we scorn yet die to shield -- ...

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Sonnet 12

... Patched with a hundred tints of brown and green, -- ...

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Sonnet I

... Stained with far fumes the light grows less and less ...

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Sonnet II

... There hopes deferred lie sunk in piteous seams ...

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Sonnet III

... Teaching in summer clouds his thought to stray, -- ...

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Sonnet IV

... For smoke that half obscured, the circling stars ...

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Sonnet IX

... Of summer woods through flower and foliage pour, ...