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Selected works of Stephen Vincent Benét
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v. 1. Poetry: John Brown's body. Young adventure: Portrait of a boy ; Portrait of a baby ; Portrait of young love ; The general public ; Young blood ; The breaking point ; Poor devil! ; The golden corpse. My fair lady: To Rosemary ; Chemical analysis ; Nomenclature ; Difference ; A sad song ; A nonsense song ; To Rosemary, on the methods by which she might become an angel ; Evening and morning ; In a glass of water before retiring ; Legend ; Dulce ridentem ; All night long ; Days pass
men pass ;
Illa ; Hands ; Memory. Ballads and tales: American names ; The ballad of William Sycamore ; The hemp ; The mountain whippoorwill ; King David ; The retort discourteous ; Three days' ride ; Alexander the Sixth dines with the Cardinal of Capua ; Southern ships and settlers ; Cotton Mather ; Captain Kidd ; French pioneers ; Thomas Jefferson ; John James Audubon ; Daniel Boone ; Western wagons. Creatures of Earth: The innovator ; Snowfall ; Bad dream ; For all blasphemers ; Architects ; Dinner in a quick lunch room ; Operation ; The trapeze performer ; Judgment ; Ghosts of a lunatic asylum ; For those who are as right as any ; Girl child ; Old man Hoppergrass ; The lost wife ; Sparrow ; Thanks ; Complaint of Body, the Ass, against his Rider, the Soul. Nightmares and visitants: Notes to be left in a cornerstone ; Short ode ; Litany for dictatorships ; Ode to the Austrian Socialists ; Do you remember, Springfield? ; Ode to Walt Whitman ; Metropolitan nightmare ; Nightmare, with angels ; Nightmare number three ; 1936 ; For city spring ; For city lovers ; Nightmare for future reference ; Minor litany ; Nightmare at noon. Listen to the people --
v. 2. Prose: Stories of American history: Jacob and the Indians ; A tooth for Paul Revere ; The Devil and Daniel Webster ; Freedom's a hard-bought thing ; O'Halloran's luck ; The die-hard ; Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer. Spanish bayonet. Tales of our time: Too early spring ; The story about the anteater ; Schooner Fairchild's class ; Everybody was very nice ; All around the town ; Glamour ; No visitors ; A death in the country. Fantasies and prophecies: The curfew tolls ; The king of the cats ; Doc Mellhorn and the Pearly Gates ; The last of the legions ; The blood of the martyrs ; Into Egypt ; By the waters of Babylon.
From the Book Set
Volume 1:
Stephen Vincent Benét
John Brown's body
Young Adventure:
Portrait of a boy
Portrait of a baby
Portrait of young love
General public
Young blood
Breaking point
Poor devil
Golden corpse
My Fair Lady:
To Rosemary
Chemical analysis
Nomenclature
Difference
Sad song
Nonsense song
To Rosemary, on the methods by which she might become an angel
Evening and morning
In a glass of water before retiring
Legend
Dulce ridentem
All night long
Days pass: men pass
Illa
Hands
Memory
Ballads And Tales:
American names
Ballad of Wiliam Sycamore
Hemp
Mountain Whippoorwill
King David
Retort discourteous
Three days' ride
Alexander the Sixth dines with the Cardinal of Capua
Southern ships and settlers
Cotton Mather
Captain Kidd
French pioneers
Thomas Jefferson
John James Audubon
Daniel Boone
Western wagons
Creatures Of Earth:
Innovator
Snowfall
Bad dream
For all blashphemers
Architects
Dinner in a quick lunch room
Operation
Trapeze performer
Judgment
Ghosts of a lunatic asylum
For those who are as right as any
Girl child
Old man Hoppergrass
Lost wife
Sparrow
Thanks
Complaint of body, the ass, against his rider, the soul
Nightmares And Visitants:
Notes to be left in a cornerstone
Short ode
Litany for dictatorships
Ode to the Austrian socialists
Do you remember, Springfield?
Ode to Walt Whitman
Metropolitan nightmare
Nightmare, with angels
Nightmare number three
1936
For city spring
For city lovers
Nightmare for future reference
Minor litany
Nightmare at noon
Listen to the people.
Volume 2:
Stories Of American History:
Jacob and the Indians
Tooth for Paul Revere
Devil and Daniel Webster
Freedom's a hard-bought thing
O'Halloran's luck
Die-hard
Johnny Pye and the fool-killer
Spanish Bayonet
Tales Of Our Time:
Too early spring
Story about the anteater
Schooner Fairchild's class
Everybody was very nice
All around the town
Glamour
No visitors
Death in the country
Fantasies And Prophecies:
Curfew tolls
King of the cats
Doc Mellhorn and the pearly gates
Last of the legions
Blood of the martyrs
Into Egypt
By the waters of Babylon.
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