#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
661 Could I but ride indefinite As doth the Meadow Bee And visit only where I liked And No one visit me
75 She died at play, Gambolled away Her lease of spotted hours, Then sank as gaily as a Turn
135 Water, is taught by thirst. Land—by the Oceans passed. Transport—by throe— Peace—by its battles told—
72 Glowing is her Bonnet, Glowing is her Cheek, Glowing is her Kirtle, Yet she cannot speak.
170 Portraits are to daily faces As an Evening West, To a fine, pedantic sunshine— In a satin Vest!
314 Nature—sometimes sears a Sapling— Sometimes—scalps a Tree— Her Green People recollect it When they do not die—
XII I ASKED no other thing, No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled.
’Twas such a little—little boat That toddled down the bay! ’Twas such a gallant—gallant sea That beckoned it away! ’Twas such a greedy, greedy wave
A lane of Yellow led the eye Unto a Purple Wood Whose soft inhabitants to be Surpasses solitude If Bird the silence contradict
29 If those I loved were lost The Crier’s voice would tell me— If those I loved were found The bells of Ghent would ring—
873 Ribbons of the Year— Multitude Brocade— Worn to Nature’s Party once Then, as flung aside
727 Precious to Me—She still shall be… Though She forget the name I bear… The fashion of the Gown I wear— The very Color of My Hair—
990 Not all die early, dying young— Maturity of Fate Is consummated equally In Ages, or a Night—
600 It troubled me as once I was— For I was once a Child— Concluding how an Atom—fell— And yet the Heavens—held—
‘And with what body do they come?’… Then they do come - Rejoice! What Door– What Hour– Run– ru… Illuminate the House! ‘Body!’ Then real– a Face and E…