TO EITHER
DISAPPOINTMENT
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THEFT
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
THE LAST MAN
ARBOR DAY
THE PIUTE
FAME
ONE OF THE REDEEMED
A CRITIC
A QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY
FLEET STROTHER
CALIFORNIAN SUMMER PICTURES
THE FOOT-HILL RESORT
AT ANCHOR
THE IN-COMING CLIMATE
A LONG-FELT WANT
TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS
SLANDER
FITCH:
PICKERING:
JAMES L. FLOOD
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR
A GROWLER
AD MOODIUM
AN EPITAPH
A SPADE
THE VAN NESSIAD
A FISH COMMISSIONER
TO A STRAY DOG
IN HIS HAND
A DEMAGOGUE
IGNIS FATUUS
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
AN IDLER
THE DEAD KING
A PATTER SONG
A CALLER
THE SHAFTER SHAFTED
THE MUMMERY
THE TWO CAVEES
METEMPSYCHOSIS
SLICKENS
PEACEABLE EXPULSION
ASPIRANTS THREE
THE BIRTH OF THE RAIL
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
A BAD NIGHT
ON STONE
A WREATH OF IMMORTELLES
LORING PICKERING
A WATER-PIRATE
C.P. BERRY
THE REV. JOSEPH
THE PASSING SHOW.
ELIXER VITAE.
CONVALESCENT.
AT THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS.
NOVUM ORGANUM.
GEOTHEOS.
YORICK.
A VISION OF DOOM.
POLITICS.
POESY.
IN DEFENSE.
AN INVOCATION.
RELIGION.
A MORNING FANCY.
VISIONS OF SIN.
THE TOWN OF DAE.
AN ANARCHIST.
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.
ARMA VIRUMQUE.
ON A PROPOSED CREMATORY.
A DEMAND.
THE WEATHER WIGHT.
T.A.H.
MY MONUMENT.
MAD.
HOSPITALITY.
FOR A CERTAIN CRITIC.
RELIGIOUS PROGRESS.
MAGNANIMITY.
TO HER.
TO A SUMMER POET.
CHARLES AND PETER.
CONTEMPLATION.
CREATION.
BUSINESS.
A POSSIBILITY.
TO A CENSOR.
THE HESITATING VETERAN.
A YEAR’S CASUALTIES.
INSPIRATION.
TO-DAY.
AN ALIBI.
REBUKE.
J.F.B.
THE DYING STATESMAN.
THE DEATH OF GRANT.
THE FOUNTAIN REFILLED.
LAUS LUCIS.
NANINE.
TECHNOLOGY.
A REPLY TO A LETTER.
TO OSCAR WILDE.
PRAYER.
A BORN LEADER OF MEN.
TO THE BARTHOLDI STATUE.
AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS.
BY A DEFEATED LITIGANT.
AN EPITAPH.
THE POLITICIAN.
AN INSCRIPTION
FROM VIRGINIA TO PARIS.
A MUTE INGLORIOUS MILTON.
THE FREE TRADER’S LAMENT.
SUBTERRANEAN PHANTASIES.
IN MEMORIAM
THE STATESMEN.
THE BROTHERS.
THE CYNIC’S BEQUEST
CORRECTED NEWS.
AN EXPLANATION.
JUSTICE.
MR. FINK’S DEBATING DONKEY.
TO MY LAUNDRESS.
FAME.
OMNES VANITAS.
ASPIRATION.
DEMOCRACY.
THE NEW ULALUME.
CONSOLATION.
FATE.
PHILOSOPHER BIMM.
REMINDED.
SALVINI IN AMERICA.
ANOTHER WAY.
ART.
AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER.
TO ONE ACROSS THE WAY.
THE DEBTOR ABROAD.
FORESIGHT.
A FAIR DIVISION.
GENESIS.
LIBERTY.
THE PASSING OF BOSS SHEPHERD.
TO MAUDE.
THE BIRTH OF VIRTUE.
STONEMAN IN HEAVEN.
THE SCURRIL PRESS.
ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX.
THE LORD’S PRAYER ON A COIN.
A LACKING FACTOR.
THE ROYAL JESTER.
A CAREER IN LETTERS.
THE FOLLOWING PAIR.
POLITICAL ECONOMY.
VANISHED AT COCK-CROW.
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN.
INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT.
TEMPORA MUTANTUR.
CONTENTMENT.
THE NEW ENOCH.
DISAVOWAL.
AN AVERAGE.
WOMAN.
INCURABLE.
THE PUN.
A PARTISAN’S PROTEST.
TO NANINE.
VICE VERSA.
A BLACK-LIST.
A BEQUEST TO MUSIC.
AUTHORITY.
THE PSORIAD.
ONEIROMANCY.
PEACE.
THANKSGIVING.
SUPERINTENDENT:
PAUPER:
SUPERINTENDENT:
PAUPER.
SUPERINTENDENT:
L’AUDACE.
THE GOD’S VIEW-POINT.
THE AESTHETES.
JULY FOURTH.
WITH MINE OWN PETARD.
CONSTANCY.
SIRES AND SONS.
A CHALLENGE.
TWO SHOWS.
A POET’S HOPE.
THE WOMAN AND THE DEVIL.
TWO ROGUES.
BEECHER.
NOT GUILTY.
PRESENTIMENT.
A STUDY IN GRAY.
A PARADOX.
FOR MERIT.
A BIT OF SCIENCE.
THE TABLES TURNED.
TO A DEJECTED POET.
A FOOL.
THE HUMORIST.
MONTEFIORE.
A WARNING.
DISCRETION.
AN EXILE.
THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT.
PSYCHOGRAPHS.
TO A PROFESSIONAL EULOGIST.
FOR WOUNDS.
ELECTION DAY.
THE MILITIAMAN.
A LITERARY METHOD.
A WELCOME.
A SERENADE.
THE WISE AND GOOD.
THE LOST COLONEL.
FOR TAT.
A DILEMMA.
METEMPSYCHOSIS.
THE SAINT AND THE MONK.
THE OPPOSING SEX.
A WHIPPER-IN.
JUDGMENT.
THE FALL OF MISS LARKIN.
IN HIGH LIFE.
A BUBBLE.
A RENDEZVOUS.
FRANCINE.
AN EXAMPLE.
REVENGE.
THE GENESIS OF EMBARRASSMENT.
IN CONTUMACIAM.
RE-EDIFIED.
A BULLETIN.
FROM THE MINUTES.
WOMAN IN POLITICS.
TO AN ASPIRANT.
A BALLAD OF PIKEVILLE.
A BUILDER.
AN AUGURY.
LUSUS POLITICUS.
BEREAVEMENT.
AN INSCRIPTION FOR A STATUE OF NAPOLEON, AT WEST POINT.
A PICKBRAIN.
CONVALESCENT.
THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR.
DETECTED.
BIMETALISM.
THE RICH TESTATOR.
TWO METHODS.
FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE
AN IMPOSTER.
UNEXPOUNDED.
FRAN
CE.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
A GUEST.
A FALSE PROPHECY.
TWO TYPES.
SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS. STEPHEN DORSEY.
STEPHEN J. FIELD.
GENERAL B.F. BUTLER.
A HYMN OF THE MANY.
ONE MORNING.
AN ERROR.
AT THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
THE KING OF BORES.
HISTORY.
THE HERMIT.
TO A CRITIC OF TENNYSON.
THE YEARLY LIE.
COOPERATION.
AN APOLOGUE.
DIAGNOSIS.
FALLEN.
DIES IRAE.
DIES IRAE.
THE DAY OF WRATH.
ONE MOOD’S EXPRESSION.
SOMETHING IN THE PAPERS.
IN THE BINNACLE.
HUMILITY.
ONE PRESIDENT.
THE BRIDE.
STRAINED RELATIONS.
THE MAN BORN BLIND.
A NIGHTMARE.
A WET SEASON.
THE CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
HAEC FABULA DOCET.
EXONERATION.
AZRAEL.
AGAIN.
HOMO PODUNKENSIS.
A SOCIAL CALL.
THE SLEEPING LION
IN DOGLAND
A PAIR OF OPPOSITES
THE DEGENERATE
THE VAIN CAT
A SOCIALIST
THE CO-DEFENDANTS
IN CONSEQUENCE OF APPLAUSE
A KING OF CRAFT
STEPHEN DORSEY
MR. JUSTICE FIELD
GENERAL B. F. BUTLER
REPARATION
DISINCORPORATED
A KIT
DISJUNCTUS
A TRENCHER-KNIGHT
A VICE-PRESIDENT
A WASTED LIFE
POESY
HOSPITALITY
MAGNANIMITY
UNDERSTATED
AN ATTORNEY-GENERAL
FINANCIAL NEWS
ASPIRATION
DEMOCRACY
AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER
FORESIGHT
A FAIR DIVISION
A LACKING FACTOR
THE POLITICIAN
ELIHU ROOT
AN ERROR
VANISHED AT COCK-CROW
WOMAN
A PARTISAN’S PROTEST
A BEQUEST TO MUSIC
ONEIROMANCY
JULY FOURTH
A PARADOX
REEDIFIED
A BULLETIN
AN INSCRIPTION
AN ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTION
A CONSTRUCTOR
GOD COMPLIES
IN ARTICULO MORTIS
THE DISCOVERERS
UNEXPOUNDED
THE EASTERN QUESTION
TWO TYPES
TO A CRITIC OF TENNYSON
COOPERATION
HUMILITY
STRAINED RELATIONS
EXONERATION
AFTER PORTSMOUTH
A VOICE FROM PEKIN
A PIOUS RITE
JUSTICE
AT THE BEACH
AN INFRACTION OF THE RULES
CONVERSELY
A WARNING
PSYCHOGRAPHS
FOR WOUNDS
A LITERARY METHOD
BACK TO NATURE
RUDOLPH BLOCK
BOYCOTT
TO HER
CREATION
REBUKE
PRAYER
THE LONG FEAR
AN INSPIRED PERFORMANCE
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Please note: to retain the original structure of the poetry collections, some poems appear more than once in the list.
A BAD NIGHT
A BALLAD OF PIKEVILLE.
A BEQUEST TO MUSIC
A BEQUEST TO MUSIC.
A BIT OF SCIENCE.
A BLACK-LIST.
A BORN LEADER OF MEN.
A BUBBLE.
A BUILDER.
A BULLETIN
A BULLETIN.
A CALLER
A CAREER IN LETTERS.
A CELEBRATED CASE
A CHALLENGE.
A CHEATING PREACHER
A COMMUTED SENTENCE
A CONSTRUCTOR
A CONTROVERSIALIST
A COWARD
A CRITIC
A CROCODILE
A CULINARY CANDIDATE
A DAMPENED ARDOR
A DEMAGOGUE
A DEMAND.
A DILEMMA.
A FAIR DIVISION
A FAIR DIVISION.
A FALSE PROPHECY.
A FISH COMMISSIONER
A FOOL.
A GROWLER
A GUEST.
A HASTY INFERENCE
A HYMN OF THE MANY.
A JACK-AT-ALL-VIEWS
A KING OF CRAFT
A KIT
A LACKING FACTOR
A LACKING FACTOR.
A LIFTED FINGER
A LITERARY HANGMAN
A LITERARY METHOD
A LITERARY METHOD.
A LONG-FELT WANT
A MAN
A MASS MEETING
A MERCIFUL GOVERNOR
A MILITARY INCIDENT
A MORNING FANCY.
A MUTE INGLORIOUS MILTON.
A NIGHTMARE.
A PAIR OF OPPOSITES
A PARADOX
A PARADOX.
A PARTISAN’S PROTEST
A PARTISAN’S PROTEST.
A PATTER SONG
A PICKBRAIN.
A PIOUS RITE
A POET’S FATHER
A POET’S HOPE.
A POLITICAL APOSTATE
A POLITICAL VIOLET
A POSSIBILITY.
A PRAYER
A PROMISED FAST TRAIN
A QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY
A RAILROAD LACKEY
A REAR ELEVATION
A RENDEZVOUS.
A REPLY TO A LETTER.
A RETORT
A SCION OF NOBILITY
A SERENADE.
A SILURIAN HOLIDAY
A SOARING TOAD
A SOCIAL CALL.
A SOCIALIST
A SOCIETY LEADER
A SONG IN PRAISE
A SPADE
A STUDY IN GRAY.
A TRENCHER-KNIGHT
A VICE-PRESIDENT
A VISION OF CLIMATE
A VISION OF DOOM.
A VISION OF RESURRECTION
A VOICE FROM PEKIN
A VOLUPTUARY
A WARNING
A WARNING.
A WASTED LIFE
A WATER-PIRATE
A WELCOME.
A WET SEASON.
A WHIPPER-IN.
A WORD TO THE UNWISE
A WREATH OF IMMORTELLES
A YEAR’S CASUALTIES.
ACCEPTED
AD CATTONUM
AD MOODIUM
ADAIR WELCKER, POET
AFTER GOLDSMITH
AFTER PORTSMOUTH
AGAIN.
ALFRED CLARKE JR.
AN ACTOR
AN ALIBI.
AN ANARCHIST.
AN APOLOGUE.
AN ART CRITIC
AN ATTORNEY-GENERAL
AN AUGURY.
AN AVERAGE.
AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER
AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER.
AN EPITAPH
AN EPITAPH.
AN ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTION
AN ERROR
AN ERROR.
AN EXAMPLE.
AN EXHIBIT
AN EXILE.
AN EXPLANATION.
AN IDLER
AN IMPOSTER.
AN INFRACTION OF THE RULES
AN INSCRIPTION
AN INSCRIPTION
AN INSCRIPTION FOR A STATUE OF NAPOLEON, AT WEST POINT.
AN INSPIRED PERFORMANCE
AN INTERPRETATION
AN INVOCATION.
AN OB
ITUARIAN
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.
AN UNDRESS UNIFORM
AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS.
ANOTHER PLAN
ANOTHER WAY.
ARBOR DAY
ARBORICULTURE
ARMA VIRUMQUE.
ART.
ASPIRANTS THREE
ASPIRATION
ASPIRATION.
AT ANCHOR
AT THE BEACH
AT THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS.
AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
AT THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
AUTHORITY.
AZRAEL.
BACK TO NATURE
BATS IN SUNSHINE
BEECHER.
BEREAVEMENT.
BIMETALISM.
BORROWED BRAINS
BOYCOTT
BUSINESS.
BY A DEFEATED LITIGANT.
BY FALSE PRETENSES
C.P. BERRY
CAIN
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIAN SUMMER PICTURES
CENSOR LITERARUM
CHARLES AND PETER.
CODEX HONORIS
CONSOLATION.
CONSTANCY.
CONTEMPLATION.
CONTENTMENT.
CONVALESCENT.
CONVALESCENT.
CONVERSELY
COOPERATION
COOPERATION.
CORRECTED NEWS.
COUPLETS
CREATION
CREATION.
DE YOUNG — A PROPHECY
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY.
DENNIS KEARNEY
DETECTED.
DIAGNOSIS.
DIED OF A ROSE
DIES IRAE.
DIES IRAE.
DISAPPOINTMENT
DISAVOWAL.
DISCRETION.
DISINCORPORATED
DISJUNCTUS
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
ELECTION DAY.
ELIHU ROOT
ELIXER VITAE.
EMANCIPATION
EXONERATION
EXONERATION.
EXPOSITOR VERITATIS
FALLEN.
FAME
FAME.
FAMINE’S REALM
FATE.
FINANCIAL NEWS
FINIS ÆTERNITATIS
FITCH:
FLEET STROTHER
FOR A CERTAIN CRITIC.
FOR MAYOR
FOR MERIT.
FOR PRESIDENT, LELAND STANFORD
FOR TAT.
FOR WOUNDS
FOR WOUNDS.
FORESIGHT
FORESIGHT.
FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR
FOUR OF A KIND
FRANCE.
FRANCINE.
FROM THE MINUTES.
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
FROM VIRGINIA TO PARIS.
GENERAL B. F. BUTLER
GENERAL B.F. BUTLER.
GENESIS
GENESIS.
GEORGE A. KNIGHT
GEOTHEOS.
GOD COMPLIES
HAEC FABULA DOCET.
HELL
HISTORY.
HOMO PODUNKENSIS.
HOSPITALITY
HOSPITALITY.
HUMILITY
HUMILITY.
IGNIS FATUUS
IN ARTICULO MORTIS
IN CONSEQUENCE OF APPLAUSE
IN CONTUMACIAM.
IN DEFENSE.
IN DOGLAND
IN HIGH LIFE.
IN HIS HAND
IN MEMORIAM
IN THE BINNACLE.
IN UPPER SAN FRANCISCO
INCURABLE.
INDICTED
INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT.
INSPIRATION.
J.F.B.
JAMES L. FLOOD
JOHNDONKEY
JUDEX JUDICATUS
JUDGE RUTLEDGE
JUDGMENT.
JULY FOURTH
JULY FOURTH.
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