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Volcanoes be in Sicily And South America I judge from my Geography - Volcanos nearer here A Lava step at any time
459 A Tooth upon Our Peace The Peace cannot deface— Then Wherefore be the Tooth? To vitalize the Grace—
541 Some such Butterfly be seen On Brazilian Pampas— Just at noon—no later—Sweet— Then—the License closes—
You love the Lord—you cannot see— You write Him—every day— A little note—when you awake— And further in the Day. An Ample Letter—How you miss—
599 There is a pain—so utter— It swallows substance up— Then covers the Abyss with Trance… So Memory can step
369 She lay as if at play Her life had leaped away— Intending to return— But not so soon—
LX A SHADY friend for torrid days Is easier to find Than one of higher temperature For frigid hour of mind.
271 A solemn thing—it was—I said— A woman—white—to be— And wear—if God should count me f… Her blameless mystery—
170 Portraits are to daily faces As an Evening West, To a fine, pedantic sunshine— In a satin Vest!
539 The Province of the Saved Should be the Art—To save— Through Skill obtained in Themsel… The Science of the Grave
151 Mute thy Coronation— Meek my Vive le roi, Fold a tiny courtier In thine Ermine, Sir,
If all the griefs I am to have Would only come today, I am so happy I believe They’d laugh and run away. If all the joys I am to have
150 She died—this was the way she died… And when her breath was done Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun—
584 It ceased to hurt me, though so sl… I could not feel the Anguish go— But only knew by looking back— That something—had benumbed the T…
345 Funny—to be a Century— And see the People—going by— I—should die of the Oddity— But then—I’m not so staid—as He—