#AmericanWriters
538 ’Tis true—They shut me in the Col… But then—Themselves were warm And could not know the feeling ’tw… Forget it—Lord—of Them—
242 When we stand on the tops of Thin… And like the Trees, look down— The smoke all cleared away from it… And Mirrors on the scene—
480 “Why do I love” You, Sir? Because— The Wind does not require the Gra… To answer—Wherefore when He pass
610 You’ll find—it when you try to die… The Easier to let go— For recollecting such as went— You could not spare—you know.
She could not live upon the Past The Present did not know her And so she sought this sweet at la… And nature gently owned her The mother that has not a knell
They shut me up in Prose— As when a little Girl They put me in the Closet— Because they liked me “still”— Still! Could themself have peeped…
XXII I GAVE myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way.
102 Great Caesar! Condescend The Daisy, to receive, Gathered by Cato’s Daughter, With your majestic leave!
774 It is a lonesome Glee— Yet sanctifies the Mind— With fair association— Afar upon the Wind
548 Death is potential to that Man Who dies—and to his friend— Beyond that—unconspicuous To Anyone but God—
34 Garland for Queens, may be— Laurels—for rare degree Of soul or sword. Ah—but remembering me—
823 Not that We did, shall be the tes… When Act and Will are done But what Our Lord infers We woul… Had We diviner been—
920 We can but follow to the Sun— As oft as He go down He leave Ourselves a Sphere behin… ’Tis mostly—following—
XI MUCH madness is divinest sense To a discerning eye; Much sense the starkest madness. ’T is the majority
I am afraid to own a Body - I am afraid to own a Soul - Profound– precarious Property – Possession, not optional - Double Estate - entailed at plea…