#AmericanWriters
76 Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea, Past the houses—past the headlands… Into deep Eternity—
Some Days retired from the rest In soft distinction lie The Day that a Companion came Or was obliged to die
59 A little East of Jordan, Evangelists record, A Gymnast and an Angel Did wrestle long and hard—
382 For Death—or rather For the Things 'twould buy— This—put away Life’s Opportunity—
The Wind took up the Northern Th… And piled them in the south - Then gave the East unto the West And opening his mouth The four Divisions of the Earth
894 Of Consciousness, her awful Mate The Soul cannot be rid— As easy the secreting her Behind the Eyes of God.
644 You left me—Sire—two Legacies— A Legacy of Love A Heavenly Father would suffice Had He the offer of—
282 How noteless Men, and Pleiads, st… Until a sudden sky Reveals the fact that One is rapt Forever from the Eye—
268 Me, change! Me, alter! Then I will, when on the Everlast… A Smaller Purple grows— At sunset, or a lesser glow
Two butterflies went out at noon And waltzed above a stream, Then stepped straight through the… And rested on a beam; And then together bore away
376 Of Course—I prayed— And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird—had stamped her foot—
34 Garland for Queens, may be— Laurels—for rare degree Of soul or sword. Ah—but remembering me—
840 I cannot buy it—’tis not sold— There is no other in the World— Mine was the only one I was so happy I forgot
Part One: Life LIII GOD gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me; I dare not eat it, though I starv…
464 The power to be true to You, Until upon my face The Judgment push his Picture— Presumptuous of Your Place—