#AmericanWriters
Death sets a thing significant The eye had hurried by, Except a perished creature Entreat us tenderly To ponder little workmanships
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,
70 “Arcturus” is his other name— I’d rather call him “Star.” It’s very mean of Science To go and interfere!
403 The Winters are so short— I’m hardly justified In sending all the Birds away— And moving into Pod—
627 The Tint I cannot take—is best— The Color too remote That I could show it in Bazaar— A Guinea at a sight—
XIX I STARTED early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me,
Whether they have forgotten Or are forgetting now Or never remembered - Safer not to know - Miseries of conjecture
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!
XLVII HEART, we will forget him! You and I, to—night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light.
183 I’ve heard an Organ talk, sometim… In a Cathedral Aisle, And understood no word it said— Yet held my breath, the while—
190 He was weak, and I was strong—the… So He let me lead him in— I was weak, and He was strong the… So I let him lead me—Home.
192 Poor little Heart! Did they forget thee? Then dinna care! Then dinna care! Proud little Heart!
397 When Diamonds are a Legend, And Diadems—a Tale— I Brooch and Earrings for Myself… Do sow, and Raise for sale—
64 Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair… Some Vision of the World Cashmer… I confidently see! Or else a Peacock’s purple Train
9 Through lane it lay—through brambl… Through clearing and through wood— Banditti often passed us Upon the lonely road.