#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
CXXXVI I STEPPED from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea.
200 I stole them from a Bee— Because—Thee— Sweet plea— He pardoned me!
655 Without this—there is nought— All other Riches be As is the Twitter of a Bird— Heard opposite the Sea—
873 Ribbons of the Year— Multitude Brocade— Worn to Nature’s Party once Then, as flung aside
LVI Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency!
A thought went up my mind to-day That I have had before, But did not finish,—some way back, I could not fix the year, Nor where it went, nor why it came
734 If He were living—dare I ask— And how if He be dead— And so around the Words I went— Of meeting them—afraid—
Ample make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight,
925 Struck, was I, not yet by Lightni… Lightning—lets away Power to perceive His Process With Vitality.
534 We see—Comparatively— The Thing so towering high We could not grasp its segment Unaided—Yesterday—
903 I hide myself within my flower, That fading from your Vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me— Almost a loneliness.
66 So from the mould Scarlet and Gold Many a Bulb will rise— Hidden away, cunningly, From saga…
988 The Definition of Beauty is That Definition is none— Of Heaven, easing Analysis, Since Heaven and He are one.
215 What is – “Paradise” – Who live there – Are they “Farmers” – Do they “hoe” –
If Nature smiles - the Mother mu… I’m sure, at many a whim Of Her eccentric Family - Is She so much to blame?