#AmericanWriters
226 Should you but fail at—Sea— In sight of me— Or doomed lie— Next Sun—to die—
467 We do not play on Graves— Because there isn’t Room— Besides—it isn’t even—it slants And People come—
A Death blow is a Life blow to S… Who till they died, did not alive… Who had they lived, had died but w… They died, Vitality begun.
I started Early– Took my Dog – And visited the Sea - The Mermaids in the Basement Came out to look at me - And Frigates - in the Upper Floo…
889 Crisis is a Hair Toward which the forces creep Past which forces retrograde If it come in sleep
Part One: Life LIV EXPERIMENT to me Is every one I meet. If it contain a kernel?
971 Robbed by Death—but that was easy… To the failing Eye I could hold the latest Glowing— Robbed by Liberty
376 Of Course—I prayed— And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird—had stamped her foot—
37 Before the ice is in the pools— Before the skaters go, Or any check at nightfall Is tarnished by the snow—
550 I cross till I am weary A Mountain—in my mind— More Mountains—then a Sea— More Seas—And then
998 Best Things dwell out of Sight The Pearl—the Just—Our Thought. Most shun the Public Air Legitimate, and Rare—
I watched the Moon around the Hou… Until upon a Pane— She stopped—a Traveller’s privile… And there upon I gazed—as at a stranger—
141 Some, too fragile for winter winds The thoughtful grave encloses— Tenderly tucking them in from fros… Before their feet are cold.
III SOUL, wilt thou toss again? By just such a hazard Hundreds have lost, indeed, But tens have won an all.
273 He put the Belt around my life I heard the Buckle snap— And turned away, imperial, My Lifetime folding up—