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Born in November 11, 1836 / Died in March 19, 1907 / United States / English

Poems by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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By The Potomac

... Hark, what a burst of music from yon bower! - ...

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Sargent’s Portrait of Edwin Booth at “The Players”

... Nay, 't is the man, could it but speak!" ...

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The Sisters' Tragedy

... MURIEL. Be still, my heart! Grown patient with thine ache, ...

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Sonnets

... ANDROMEDA THE SMOOTH-WORN coin and threadbare classic phrase ...

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At Bay Ridge, Long Island

... That made their own deep midnight and rich morn ...

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Sea Longings

...   Clove-pink, old-fashioned, loved New England flowers ...

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The Flight of the Goddess

... "Good-by," I cried, "to the stars and the clouds! ...

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No Songs In Winter

... Slow creep the hours, slow creep the days, ...

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To Hafiz

... But when the rose comes, Hafiz—in that place &emsp ...

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Thorwaldsen

... Time's foolish spendthrifts, searching wide and far ...

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Invita Minerva

... Not till the Muse wills is our passion crowned ...

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The Shipman's Tale

... At every turn strange shapes reached up and clutched ...

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In Westminster Abbey

... "The Southern Transept, hardly known by any other name but Poets' Corner" ...

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Appreciation

... ’T is your heart that brings the sound: ...

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When the Sultan Goes to Ispahan

... As the place where the clustered palm-trees are, ...