#AmericanWriters
172 ’Tis so much joy! ’Tis so much jo… If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I, Have ventured all upon a throw!
37 Before the ice is in the pools— Before the skaters go, Or any check at nightfall Is tarnished by the snow—
XXVIII I BRING an unaccustomed wine To lips long parching, next to min… And summon them to drink. Crackling with fever, they essay;
Wild Nights! Wild Nights! Were I with thee, Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile the winds
145 This heart that broke so long— These feet that never flagged— This faith that watched for star i… Give gently to the dead—
500 Within my Garden, rides a Bird Upon a single Wheel— Whose spokes a dizzy Music make As ’twere a travelling Mill—
523 Sweet — You forgot — but I rememb… Every time — for Two — So that the Sum be never hindered Through Decay of You —
302 Like Some Old fashioned Miracle When Summertime is done— Seems Summer’s Recollection And the Affairs of June
33 If recollecting were forgetting, Then I remember not. And if forgetting, recollecting, How near I had forgot.
639 My Portion is Defeat—today— A paler luck than Victory— Less Paeans—fewer Bells— The Drums don’t follow Me—with tu…
788 Joy to have merited the Pain— To merit the Release— Joy to have perished every step— To Compass Paradise—
608 Afraid! Of whom am I afraid? Not Death—for who is He? The Porter of my Father’s Lodge As much abasheth me!
A great Hope fell You heard no noise The Ruin was within Oh cunning wreck that told no tale And let no Witness in
932 My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word— The Stars that stated come to Tow… Esteemed Me never rude
113 Our share of night to bear— Our share of morning— Our blank in bliss to fill Our blank in scorning—