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| Ah, when shall come love's courage to be strong! / Tell me, O Lord-tell me, O Lord, how long / Are we to keep Christ writhing on the cross! |
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| Edwin Arlington Robinson |
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| 1869-1935, American poet, b. Head Tide, Maine, attended Harvard (1891-93). At his death, many critics considered Robinson the greatest poet in the United States. He is now best remembered for his short poems characterizing various residents of "Tilbury Town," which was based on his hometown, Gardiner, Maine.-continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press. |
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Pronunciation:  r b´ n-s n from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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- Collected Poems. 1921.
Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of 166 poems.
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- Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 46668 to 46721
Entries from the Columbia World of Quotations.
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