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Because I could not stop for Deat… He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselv… And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
586 We talked as Girls do— Fond, and late— We speculated fair, on every subje… Of ours, none affair—
133 As Children bid the Guest “Good… And then reluctant turn— My flowers raise their pretty lips… Then put their nightgowns on.
25 She slept beneath a tree— Remembered but by me. I touched her Cradle mute— She recognized the foot—
851 When the Astronomer stops seeking For his Pleiad’s Face— When the lone British Lady Forsakes the Arctic Race
31 Summer for thee, grant I may be When Summer days are flown! Thy music still, when Whipporwill And Oriole—are done!
To flee from memory Had we the Wings Many would fly Inured to slower things Birds with surprise
Remorse– is Memory– awake - Her Parties all astir - A Presence of Departed Acts - At window– and at Door – Its Past - set down before the S…
651 So much Summer Me for showing Illegitimate— Would a Smile’s minute bestowing
41 I robbed the Woods— The trusting Woods. The unsuspecting Trees Brought out their Burs and mosses
Wild Nights! Wild Nights! Were I with thee, Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile the winds
There cam a Wind like a Bugle - It quivered through the Grass And a Green Chill upon the Heat So ominous did pass We barred the Windows and the Doo…
LXXXIX A WORD is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just
397 When Diamonds are a Legend, And Diadems—a Tale— I Brooch and Earrings for Myself… Do sow, and Raise for sale—
963 A nearness to Tremendousness— An Agony procures— Affliction ranges Boundlessness— Vicinity to Laws