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200I stole them from a Bee—Because—Thee—Sweet plea—He pardoned me!

The Grass so little has to do –A Sphere of simple Green –With only Butterflies to broodAnd Bees to entertain –And stir all day to pretty TunesThe..

542I had no Cause to be awake—My Best—was gone to sleep—And Morn a new politeness took—And failed to wake them up—But called the others—clear—And..

The spider holds a Silver BallIn unperceived Hands--And dancing softly to HimselfHis Yarn of Pearl--unwinds--He plies from Nought to Nought--In..

Pain has an element of blank;It cannot recollectWhen it began, or if there wereA day when it was not.It has no future but itself,Its infinite realms..

655Without this—there is nought—All other Riches beAs is the Twitter of a Bird—Heard opposite the Sea—I could not care—to gainA lesser than the..

Water makes many BedsFor those averse to sleep -Its awful chamber open stands -Its Curtains blandly sweep -Abhorrent is the RestIn undulating..

Pain has an element of blank;It cannot recollectWhen it began, or if there wereA day when it was not.It has no future but itself,Its infinite realms..

Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,Then I am ready to go!Just a look at the horses --Rapid! That will do!Put me in on the firmest side,So I shall..

777The Loneliness One dare not sound—And would as soon surmiseAs in its Grave go plumbingTo ascertain the size—The Loneliness whose worst alarmIs..

546To fill a GapInsert the Thing that caused it—Block it upWith Other—and 'twill yawn the more—You cannot solder an AbyssWith Air.

Her final summer was it,And yet we guessed it not;If tenderer industriousnessPervaded her, we thoughtA further force of lifeDeveloped from..

97The rainbow never tells meThat gust and storm are by,Yet is she more convincingThan Philosophy.My flowers turn from Forums—Yet eloquent declareWhat..

64Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!Some Vision of the World Cashmere—I confidently see!Or else a Peacock's purple TrainFeather by feather—on the..

There cam a Wind like a Bugle -It quivered through the GrassAnd a Green Chill upon the HeatSo ominous did passWe barred the Windows and the DoorsAs..

714Rest at NightThe Sun from shining,Nature—and some Men—Rest at Noon—some Men—While NatureAnd the Sun—go on—

5I have a Bird in springWhich for myself doth sing—The spring decoys.And as the summer nears—And as the Rose appears,Robin is gone.Yet do I not..

199I'm "wife"—I've finished that—That other state—I'm Czar—I'm "Woman" now—It's safer so—How odd the Girl's life looksBehind this soft Eclipse—I..

599There is a pain—so utter—It swallows substance up—Then covers the Abyss with Trance—So Memory can stepAround—across—upon it—As one within a..

I had been hungry all the years-My noon had come, to dine-I, trembling, drew the table nearAnd touched the curious wine.'T was this on tables I had..

512The Soul has Bandaged moments—When too appalled to stir—She feels some ghastly Fright come upAnd stop to look at her—Salute her—with long..

3"Sic transit gloria mundi,""How doth the busy bee,""Dum vivimus vivamus,"I stay mine enemy!Oh "veni, vidi, vici!"Oh caput cap-a-pie!And oh "memento..

988The Definition of Beauty isThat Definition is none—Of Heaven, easing Analysis,Since Heaven and He are one.

Safe in their alabaster chambers,Untouched by morning and untouched by noon,Sleep the meek members of the resurrection,Rafter of satin, and roof of..

835Nature and God—I neither knewYet Both so well knew meThey startled, like ExecutorsOf My identity.Yet Neither told—that I could learn—My Secret as..