Sour Grapes: A Book of Poems

William Carlos Williams

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Title: Sour Grapes
       A Book of Poems

Author: William Carlos Williams

Release Date: March 24, 2011 [EBook #35667]

Language: English







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‘SOUR GRAPES’

A Book of Poems

 

 

BOSTON
The Four Seas Company
1921

 

 

Copyright, 1921, by
The Four Seas Company

 

The Four Seas Press
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

 

 

To
ALFRED KREYMBORG

 

 

Certain of the poems in this book have appeared in the magazines: Poetry, a Magazine of Verse, The Egoist, The Little Review, The Dial, Others, and Contact.

 

 

 Page
the Late Singer11
March12
Berket and the Stars17
A Celebration18
April21
A Goodnight22
Overture to a Dance of Locomotives24
Romance Moderne26
The Desolate Field30
Willow Poem31
Approach of Winter32
January33
Blizzard34
To Waken an Old Lady35
Winter Trees36
Complaint37
The Cold Night38
Spring Storm39
The Delicacies40
Thursday43
The Dark Day44
Time, the Hangman45
To a Friend46
The Gentle Man47
The Soughing Wind48
Spring49
Play50
Lines51
The Poor52
Complete Destruction53
Memory of April54
Epitaph55
Daisy56
Primrose57
Queen-Ann’s-Lace58
Great Mullen59
Waiting60
The Hunter61
Arrival62
To a Friend Concerning Several Ladies63
Youth and Beauty65
The Thinker66
The Disputants67
The Tulip Bed68
The Birds69
The Nightingales70
Spouts71
Blueflags72
The Widow’s Lament in Springtime73
Light Hearted William74
Portrait of the Author75
The Lonely Street77
The Great Figure78