Stops Of Various Quills is a short book of poetry written by WIlliam Dean Howells in the years following the death of his daughter. The title is taken from the last stanza of John Milton's elegy Lycidas. This book contains the poem The Bewildered Guest, which is reported to be among the most widely quoted of Howells' poems. - Summary by Zach Hoyt
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November Read by Zach Hoyt 0:41
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Midway Read by Zach Hoyt 0:34
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Time Read by Zach Hoyt 0:39
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From Generation To Generation Read by Zach Hoyt 0:59
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The Bewildered Guest Read by Zach Hoyt 0:52
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Company Read by Zach Hoyt 0:36
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Heredity Read by Zach Hoyt 0:55
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Twelve P.M. Read by Zach Hoyt 0:50
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Change Read by Zach Hoyt 0:45
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In The Dark Read by Zach Hoyt 0:48
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Tomorrow Read by Zach Hoyt 0:32
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Living Read by Zach Hoyt 0:26
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If Read by Zach Hoyt 0:49
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Solitude Read by Zach Hoyt 0:32
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Respite Read by Zach Hoyt 0:50
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Question Read by Zach Hoyt 0:52
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Hope Read by Zach Hoyt 0:53
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The Burden Read by Zach Hoyt 0:39
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Calvary Read by Zach Hoyt 0:33
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Conscience Read by Zach Hoyt 0:27
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Reward And Punishment Read by Zach Hoyt 0:31
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Sympathy Read by Zach Hoyt 0:42
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Statistics Read by Zach Hoyt 1:08
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Parable Read by Zach Hoyt 1:43
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Vision Read by Zach Hoyt 0:47
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Society Read by Zach Hoyt 1:22
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Good Society Read by Zach Hoyt 0:28
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Friends And Foes Read by Zach Hoyt 0:26
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Sphinx Read by Zach Hoyt 0:41
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Materials Of A Story Read by Zach Hoyt 2:20
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The King Dines Read by Zach Hoyt 0:56
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Labor And Capital Read by Zach Hoyt 1:03
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Equality Read by Zach Hoyt 0:41
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Judgment Day Read by Zach Hoyt 0:35
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Mortality Read by Zach Hoyt 0:56
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Another Day Read by Zach Hoyt 1:01
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Some One Else Read by Zach Hoyt 0:40
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Life Read by Zach Hoyt 0:37
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Weather-Breeder Read by Zach Hoyt 0:29
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Peonage Read by Zach Hoyt 0:43
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Race Read by Zach Hoyt 1:28
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Temperament Read by Zach Hoyt 0:49
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What Shall It Profit? Read by Zach Hoyt 0:39
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