#AmericanWriters
603 He found my Being—set it up— Adjusted it to place— Then carved his name—upon it— And bade it to the East
821 Away from Home are some and I— An Emigrant to be In a Metropolis of Homes Is easy, possibly—
347 When Night is almost done— And Sunrise grows so near That we can touch the Spaces— It’s time to smooth the Hair—
31 Summer for thee, grant I may be When Summer days are flown! Thy music still, when Whipporwill And Oriole—are done!
My Garden—like the Beach— Denotes there be—a Sea— That’s Summer— Such as These—the Pearls She fetches—such as Me
90 Within my reach! I could have touched! I might have chanced that way! Soft sauntered thro’ the village—
Tie the strings to my life, my Lo… Then I am ready to go! Just a look at the horses— Rapid! That will do! Put me in on the firmest side,
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself,
49 I never lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod. Twice have I stood a beggar Before the door of God!
40 When I count the seeds That are sown beneath, To bloom so, bye and bye— When I con the people
528 Mine—by the Right of the White E… Mine—by the Royal Seal! Mine—by the sign in the Scarlet p… Bars—cannot conceal!
I breathed enough to learn the tri… And now, removed from air, I simulate the breath so well, That one, to be quite sure The lungs are stirless, must desce…
Volcanoes be in Sicily And South America I judge from my Geography - Volcanos nearer here A Lava step at any time
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers— Untouched by Morning— and untouched by noon— Sleep the meek members of the Res… Rafter of Satin and Roof of Ston…
Part One: Life LII VICTORY comes late, And is held low to freezing lips Too rapt with frost