#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
798 She staked her Feathers—Gained an… Debated—Rose again— This time—beyond the estimate Of Envy, or of Men—
713 Fame of Myself, to justify, All other Plaudit be Superfluous—An Incense Beyond Necessity—
285 The Robin’s my Criterion for Tun… Because I grow—where Robins do— But, were I Cuckoo born— I’d swear by him—
59 A little East of Jordan, Evangelists record, A Gymnast and an Angel Did wrestle long and hard—
Said Death to Passion ‘Give of thine an Acre unto me.’ Said Passion, through contracting… ‘A Thousand Times Thee Nay.’ Bore Death from Passion
No brigadier throughout the year So civic as the jay. A neighbor and a warrior too, With shrill felicity Pursuing winds that censure us
612 It would have starved a Gnat— To live so small as I— And yet I was a living Child— With Food’s necessity
27 Morns like these—we parted— Noons like these—she rose— Fluttering first—then firmer To her fair repose.
30 Adrift! A little boat adrift! And night is coming down! Will no one guide a little boat Unto the nearest town?
XXXIX I MEANT to have but modest need… Such as content, and heaven; Within my income these could lie, And life and I keep even.
521 Endow the Living—with the Tears— You squander on the Dead, And They were Men and Women—now, Around Your Fireside—
673 The Love a Life can show Below Is but a filament, I know, Of that diviner thing That faints upon the face of Noon…
807 Expectation—is Contentment— Gain—Satiety— But Satiety—Conviction Of Necessity
851 When the Astronomer stops seeking For his Pleiad’s Face— When the lone British Lady Forsakes the Arctic Race
796 Who Giants know, with lesser Men Are incomplete, and shy— For Greatness, that is ill at eas… In minor Company—
