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XXII I GAVE myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way.
174 At last, to be identified! At last, the lamps upon thy side The rest of Life to see! Past Midnight! Past the Morning…
580 I gave myself to Him— And took Himself, for Pay, The solemn contract of a Life Was ratified, this way—
The Sea said 'Come’ to the Brook… The Brook said 'Let me grow’ - The Sea said 'Then you will be a… I want a Brook - Come now’! The Sea said 'Go’ to the Sea -
Pink, small, and punctual, Aromatic, low, Covert in April, Candid in May, Dear to the moss,
601 A still—Volcano—Life— That flickered in the night— When it was dark enough to do Without erasing sight—
161 A feather from the Whippoorwill That everlasting—sings! Whose galleries—are Sunrise— Whose Opera—the Springs—
768 When I hoped, I recollect Just the place I stood— At a Window facing West— Roughest Air—was good—
751 My Worthiness is all my Doubt— His Merit—all my fear— Contrasting which, my quality Do lowlier—appear—
461 A Wife—at daybreak I shall be— Sunrise—Hast thou a Flag for me? At Midnight, I am but a Maid, How short it takes to make a Brid…
23 I had a guinea golden— I lost it in the sand— And tho’ the sum was simple And pounds were in the land—
503 Better—than Music! For I—who hea… I was used—to the Birds—before— This—was different—’Twas Translat… Of all tunes I knew—and more—
914 I cannot be ashamed Because I cannot see The love you offer— Magnitude
The day came slow, till five o’clo… Then sprang before the hills, Like hindered rubies, or the light… A sudden musket spills. The purple could not keep the east…
CXXVIII I heard a fly buzz when I died; The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in the air Between the heaves of storm.