The town down the river; a book of poems

by Edwin Arlington Robinson

THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER

A BOOK OF POEMS

BY

EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1920

Copyright, 1910, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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Published September, 1910

TO

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

CONTENTS

page

THE MASTER ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

THE TOWN DOWN THE RIVER ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

9

AN ISLAND ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

23

CALVERLY'S—

⁠Calverly's ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

41

⁠Leffingwell—

⁠⁠I. The Lure ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

44

⁠⁠II. The Quickstep ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

46

⁠⁠III. Requiescat ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

48

⁠Clavering ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

⁠Lingard and the Stars ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

54

MISCELLANEOUS—

⁠Pasa Thalassa Thalassa ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

⁠Momus ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

64

⁠Uncle Ananias ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

66

⁠The Whip ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

⁠The White Lights ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

71

⁠Exit ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

73

⁠Normandy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

74

⁠Leonora ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

⁠The Wise Brothers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78

⁠But for the Grace of God ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

80

⁠Au Revoir ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

83

⁠For Arvia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

85

⁠The Sunken Crown ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

87

⁠Doctor of Billiards ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

89

⁠Shadrach O'Leary ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

91

⁠How Annandale Went Out ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

93

⁠Alma Mater ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

95

⁠Miniver Cheevy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

97

⁠The Pilot ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

⁠Vickery's Mountain ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

102

⁠Bon Voyage ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

106

⁠The Companion ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

109

⁠Atherton's Gambit ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

111

⁠For a Dead Lady ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

114

⁠Two Gardens in Linndale ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

116

THE REVEALER ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

123