#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
534 We see—Comparatively— The Thing so towering high We could not grasp its segment Unaided—Yesterday—
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…
This quiet dust was gentlemen and… And lads and girls; Was laughter and ability and sighi… And frocks and curls; This passive place a summer’s nimb…
All men for Honor hardest work But are not known to earn - Paid after they have ceased to wor… In Infamy or Urn -
759 He fought like those Who’ve nough… Bestowed Himself to Balls As One who for a further Life Had not a further Use—
769 One and One—are One— Two—be finished using— Well enough for schools— But for minor Choosing—
XXXIII DARE you see a soul at the white… Then crouch within the door. Red is the fire’s common tint; But when the vivid ore
XXII I GAVE myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way.
493 The World—stands—solemner—to me— Since I was wed—to Him— A modesty befits the soul That bears another’s—name—
540 I took my Power in my Hand— And went against the World— ’Twas not so much as David—had— But I—was twice as bold—
XXV BELSHAZZAR had a letter,— He never had but one; Belshazzar’s correspondent Concluded and begun
They dropped like flakes, they dro… Like petals from a rose, When suddenly across the lune A wind with fingers goes. They perished in the seamless gras…
221 It can’t be “Summer”! That—got through! It’s early—yet—for “Spring”! There’s that long town of White—t…
663 Again—his voice is at the door— I feel the old Degree— I hear him ask the servant For such an one—as me—
VII WITHIN my reach! I could have touched! I might have chanced that way! Soft sauntered through the village…