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Stephen Vincent Benet (1898 - 1943 / Pennsylvania / United States)
Poems of Stephen Vincent Benet
| 1. | 1936 | 3/30/2010 |
| 2. | A Minor Poet | 1/3/2003 |
| 3. | Alexander VI Dines with the Cardinal of Capua | 1/3/2003 |
| 4. | Army Of Northern Virginia | 3/30/2010 |
| 5. | Before an Examination | 1/3/2003 |
| 6. | Campus Sonnets: Before An Examination | 3/30/2010 |
| 7. | Campus Sonnets: May Morning | 3/30/2010 |
| 8. | Campus Sonnets: Return - 1917 | 3/30/2010 |
| 9. | Campus Sonnets: Talk | 3/30/2010 |
| 10. | Colors | 1/3/2003 |
| 11. | Dedication | 1/3/2003 |
| 12. | Difference | 3/30/2010 |
| 13. | Dinner in a Quick Lunch Room | 1/3/2003 |
| 14. | Elegy for an Enemy | 1/3/2003 |
| 15. | Elegy For An Enemy | 3/30/2010 |
| 16. | Ghosts Of A Lunatic Asylum | 3/30/2010 |
| 17. | Ghosts of a Lunatic Asylum | 1/3/2003 |
| 18. | Going Back to School | 1/3/2003 |
| 19. | Going Back To School | 3/30/2010 |
| 20. | Lonely Burial | 1/3/2003 |
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A Minor Poet
I am a shell. From me you shall not hear
The splendid tramplings of insistent drums,
The orbed gold of the viol's voice that comes,
Heavy with radiance, languorous and clear.
Yet, if you hold me close against the ear,
A dim, far whisper rises clamorously,
The thunderous beat and passion of the sea,
The slow surge of the tides that drown the mere.
