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It struck me every dayThe lightning was as newAs if the cloud that instant slitAnd let the fire through.It burned me in the night,It blistered in my..

457Sweet—safe—Houses—Glad—gay—Houses—Sealed so stately tight—Lids of Steel—on Lids of Marble—Locking Bare feet out—Brooks of Plush—in Banks of..

244It is easy to work when the soul is at play—But when the soul is in pain—The hearing him put his playthings upMakes work difficult—then—It is..

847Finite—to fail, but infinite to Venture—For the one ship that struts the shoreMany's the gallant—overwhelmed CreatureNodding in Navies nevermore—

275Doubt Me! My Dim Companion!Why, God, would be contentWith but a fraction of the Life—Poured thee, without a stint—The whole of me—forever—What..

831Dying! To be afraid of theeOne must to thine ArtilleryHave left exposed a Friend—Than thine old Arrow is a ShotDelivered straighter to the..

844Spring is the PeriodExpress from God.Among the other seasonsHimself abide,But during March and AprilNone stir abroadWithout a cordial..

773Deprived of other Banquet,I entertained Myself—At first—a scant nutrition—An insufficient Loaf—But grown by slender addingsTo so esteemed a..

722Sweet Mountains—Ye tell Me no lie—Never deny Me—Never fly—Those same unvarying EyesTurn on Me—when I fail—or feign,Or take the Royal names in..

35Nobody knows this little Rose—It might a pilgrim beDid I not take it from the waysAnd lift it up to thee.Only a Bee will miss it—Only a..

253You see I cannot see—your lifetime—I must guess—How many times it ache for me—today—Confess—How many times for my far sakeThe brave eyes film—But..

This is my letter to the world,That never wrote to me,-The simple news that Nature told,With tender majestyHer message is committedTo hands I cannot..

Two butterflies went out at noonAnd waltzed above a stream,Then stepped straight through the firmamentAnd rested on a beam;And then together bore..

938Fairer through Fading—as the DayInto the Darkness dips away—Half Her Complexion of the Sun—Hindering—Haunting—Perishing—Rallies Her Glow, like a..

"Arcturus" is his other name—I'd rather call him "Star."It's very mean of ScienceTo go and interfere!I slew a worm the other day—A "Savant" passing..

I like to see it lap the miles,And lick the valleys up,And stop to feed itself at tanks;And then, prodigious, stepAround a pile of mountains,And..

620It makes no difference abroad—The Seasons—fit—the same—The Mornings blossom into Noons—And split their Pods of Flame—Wild flowers—kindle in the..

705Suspense—is Hostiler than Death—Death—tho'soever Broad,Is Just Death, and cannot increase—Suspense—does not conclude—But perishes—to live anew—But..

20Distrustful of the Gentian—And just to turn away,The fluttering of her fringesChild my perfidy—Weary for my—————I will singing go—I shall not feel..

679Conscious am I in my Chamber,Of a shapeless friend—He doth not attest by Posture—Nor Confirm—by Word—Neither Place—need I present Him—Fitter..

110Artists wrestled here!Lo, a tint Cashmere!Lo, a Rose!Student of the Year!For the easel hereSay Repose!

472Except the Heaven had come so near—So seemed to choose My Door—The Distance would not haunt me so—I had not hoped—before—But just to hear the..

220Could I—then—shut the door—Lest my beseeching face—at last—Rejected—be—of Her?

447Could—I do more—for Thee—Wert Thou a Bumble Bee—Since for the Queen, have I—Nought but Bouquet?

The soul selects her own society,Then shuts the door;On her divine majorityObtrude no more.Unmoved, she notes the chariot's pausingAt her low..