Richard Watson Gilder

thumb|Richard Watson Gilder in 1863 Richard Watson Gilder (February 8, 1844 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet and editor. Quotes The New Day (1875) The New Day: A Poem in Songs and Sonnets (New York: The Century Co., 1875) I love her doubting and anguish;I love the love she withholds;I love my love that loveth herAnd anew her being moulds. Part III. XII: "Song (I Love Her Gentle Forehead)", line 9; p. 55. The Smile of her I love is like the dawnWhose touch makes Memnon sing:O, see where wide the golden sunlight flows—The barren desert blossoms as the rose! Part III. XXIV: "The Smile of Her I Love", line 1; p. 69. Not from the whole wide world I chose thee—Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea!The wide, wide world could not inclose thee, For thou art the whole wide world to me. Part IV. IV: "Song (Not from the Whole Wide World)", line 1; p. 86. Heaven from the hopeless doubterThe true believer makes:Against the darkness outerThe light God's likeness takes. Part IV. XVII: "He Knows Not the Path of Duty", line 9; p. 100. Through love to light! Oh wonderful the wayThat leads from darkness to the perfect day! "After-Song", line 1; p. 103. Lyrics and Other Poems (1885) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885 From all the misty morning air, there comes a summer sound,—A murmur as of waters from skies, and trees and ground.The birds they sing upon the wing, the pigeons bill and coo. "A Midsummer Song", stanza 2; p. 11. I am a woman—therefore I may notCall to him, cry to him,Fly to him,Bid him delay not. "A Woman's Thought", line 1; p. 16. O white and midnight sky, O starry bath,Wash me in thy pure, heavenly crystal flood:Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath—Let not one taint remain in spirit or blood! "The Celestial Passion", line 1; p. 111. External links Category:1844 births Category:1909 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:Journalists from New Jersey Category:Editors from the United States Category:19th-century poets from the United States