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23 | (10) |
| I. WATCHING: VISIONS OF THE DYING AND THE DEAD |
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``Do Not Go Gentle'': Watching the Dying |
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33 | (42) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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``Twas Crisis--All the length had passed--(#1093) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (2) |
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The Last Words of My English Grandmother |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (5) |
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53 | (4) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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Thirteen Steps and the Thirteenth of March |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (2) |
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New Dog (6), from Atlantis |
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69 | (3) |
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The Current (6), from The Work |
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72 | (1) |
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John Doe (V), from Ten Patients, and Another |
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73 | (2) |
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``In the Chill of the Body'': Viewing the Dead |
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A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim |
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78 | (1) |
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'Twas warm--at first (#614) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (1) |
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Gazing upon him now (XVII), from Sonnets from an Ungrafted Tree |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
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``How to Perform a Funeral'': Ceremonies of Separation |
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99 | (22) |
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There's been a Death, in the Opposite House (#547) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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Of De Witt Williams on His Way to Lincoln Cemetery |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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On the Death of a Colleague |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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Paying Respects (3), from Blessings |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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``Death, Thou Shalt Die'': Imagining the Afterlife |
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121 | (30) |
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Death, be not proud (X), from Holy Sonnets |
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125 | (1) |
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They Are All Gone into the World of Light! |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (4) |
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Algernon Charles Swinburne |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (2) |
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November 26, 1992: Thanksgiving at the Sea Ranch, Contemplating Metempsychosis |
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143 | (2) |
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``Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning'' |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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Dust on the Mantel: Sonnet |
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147 | (4) |
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| II. GRIEVING: LAMENTATIONS FOR THE DEAD |
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``Begin then, Sisters of the Sacred Well'': The Pastoral Tradition |
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151 | (28) |
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154 | (6) |
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160 | (19) |
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''Blood-Hot and Personal'': Mourning Deaths in the Family |
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179 | (50) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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The Marker Slants ... (384), from The Dream Songs |
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187 | (1) |
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Sailing Home from Rapallo |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (5) |
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199 | (1) |
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A Woman Mourned by Daughters |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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from Clearances (Sonnets 2, 3, 7) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (3) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (3) |
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Gathering the Bones Together |
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216 | (4) |
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220 | (2) |
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After father died (2), from Fathers in the Snow |
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222 | (1) |
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This Hour and What Is Dead |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (4) |
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``How You Call to Me, Call to Me'': Lamenting the Death of the Beloved |
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229 | (30) |
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Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways |
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234 | (1) |
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A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal |
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235 | (1) |
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R. Alcona to J. Brenzaida |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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``Rosina Alcona to Julius Brenzaida'' |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (4) |
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June 15, 1992: Widow's Walk, Harpswell, Maine |
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251 | (2) |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (2) |
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``Sorrow's Springs'': Grieving for the Deaths of Children |
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259 | (18) |
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262 | (1) |
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In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Anne Bradstreet... |
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263 | (1) |
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On the Death of My First and Dearest Child, Hector Philips... |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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First Death in Nova Scotia |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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I Decide Not to Have Children |
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272 | (2) |
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274 | (3) |
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``How Far from then Forethought of'': Mourning the Deaths of Friends |
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277 | (24) |
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Sonnet on the Death of Richard West |
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280 | (1) |
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from In Memoriam (7, 8, 67) |
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281 | (2) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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With Rue My Heart Is Laden |
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285 | (1) |
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Elegy (V), from Memorial to D.C. |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (7) |
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300 | (1) |
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``The Stained Stones'': Elegizing Those Dead by Violence |
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301 | (36) |
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Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746 |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (5) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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from Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (IV, V) |
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315 | (2) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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The Fury of Aerial Bombardment |
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322 | (1) |
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Mourning Poem for the Queen of Sunday |
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323 | (2) |
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner |
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325 | (1) |
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326 | (2) |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (2) |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (3) |
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``Brightness Falls from the Air'': Grieving for the Great and Beautiful |
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337 | (24) |
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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd |
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340 | (9) |
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To an Athlete Dying Young |
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349 | (2) |
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351 | (1) |
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Buffalo Bill's Lament (VIII), from Portraits |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (2) |
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357 | (2) |
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The Death of Marilyn Monroe |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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``Laments for the Makers'': Poets Mourning Other Poets |
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361 | (40) |
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364 | (4) |
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To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author, Mr. William Shakespeare... |
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368 | (3) |
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371 | (1) |
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Her--``last Poems'' -- (#600) |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (2) |
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376 | (1) |
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I have moved to Dublin...(312), from The Dream Songs |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (8) |
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387 | (3) |
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The Death of John Berryman |
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390 | (1) |
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For Lew Welch in a Snowfall |
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391 | (1) |
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For the Poets (Christopher Okigbo & Henry Dumas) |
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392 | (3) |
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Ballad of Ladies Lost and Found |
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395 | (4) |
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And, Yes, Those Spiritual Matters |
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399 | (2) |
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401 | (22) |
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404 | (1) |
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No longer mourn for me when I am dead (Sonnet LXXI) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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This Consciousness that is aware (#817) |
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410 | (1) |
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411 | (1) |
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412 | (1) |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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416 | (2) |
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418 | (1) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (22) |
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A Litany in Time of Plague |
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426 | (2) |
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428 | (5) |
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436 | (1) |
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437 | (2) |
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439 | (1) |
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441 | (2) |
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443 | (1) |
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| Contributors Notes |
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445 | (16) |
| Permissions Acknowledgments |
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461 | (10) |
| Index |
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