#AmericanWriters
472 Except the Heaven had come so nea… So seemed to choose My Door— The Distance would not haunt me s… I had not hoped—before—
Warm in her Hand these accents li… While faithful and afar The Grace so awkward for her sake Its fond subjection wear -
XVIII READ, sweet, how others strove, Till we are stouter; What they renounced, Till we are less afraid;
595 Like Mighty Foot Lights’—burned… At Bases of the Trees’— The far Theatricals of Day Exhibiting’—to These’—
XXII I GAVE myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way.
’Twas comfort in her Dying Room To hear the living Clock— A short relief to have the wind Walk boldly up and knock— Diversion from the Dying Theme
Luck is not chance It’s Toil Fortune’s expensive smile Is earned The Father of the Mine
57 To venerate the simple days Which lead the seasons by, Needs but to remember That from you or I,
My nosegays are for captives; Dim, long-expectant eyes, Fingers denied the plucking, Patient till paradise. To such, if they should whisper
I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was la… In an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed…
51 I often passed the village When going home from school— And wondered what they did there— And why it was so still—
90 Within my reach! I could have touched! I might have chanced that way! Soft sauntered thro’ the village—
A clock stopped—not the mantel’s Geneva’s farthest skill Can’t put the puppet bowing That just now dangled still. An awe came on the trinket!
UP with the sun, the breeze arose… Across the talking corn she goes, And smooth she rustles far and wid… Through all the voiceful countrysi… Through all the land her tale she…
420 You’ll know it—as you know ’tis N… By Glory— As you do the Sun— By Glory—