For the Union Dead

For The Union Dead
First edition
AuthorRobert Lowell
Cover artistFrank Parker
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date
1964

For the Union Dead is a book of poems by Robert Lowell that was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1964. It was Lowell's sixth book.

Notable poems from the collection include "Beyond the Alps'" (a revised version of the poem that originally appeared in Lowell's book Life Studies), "Water," "The Old Flame," "The Public Garden" and the title poem, which is one of Lowell's best-known poems.