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684 Best Gains—must have the Losses’… To constitute them—Gains—
High from the earth I heard a bir… He trod upon the trees As he esteemed them trifles, And then he spied a breeze, And situated softly
740 You taught me Waiting with Myself… Appointment strictly kept’— You taught me fortitude of Fate’— This’—also’—I have learnt’—
186 What shall I do—it whimpers so— This little Hound within the Hear… All day and night with bark and st… And yet, it will not go—
LX A SHADY friend for torrid days Is easier to find Than one of higher temperature For frigid hour of mind.
206 The Flower must not blame the Bee… That seeketh his felicity Too often at her door— But teach the Footman from Vevay—
243 I’ve known a Heaven, like a Tent— To wrap its shining Yards— Pluck up its stakes, and disappear… Without the sound of Boards
157 Musicians wrestle everywhere— All day—among the crowded air I hear the silver strife— And—walking—long before the morn—
332 There are two Ripenings—one—of si… Whose forces Spheric wind Until the Velvet product Drop spicy to the ground—
I never hear the word 'escape’ Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation, A flying attitude. I never hear of prisons broad
989 Gratitude—is not the mention Of a Tenderness, But its still appreciation Out of Plumb of Speech.
765 You constituted Time— I deemed Eternity A Revelation of Yourself— ’Twas therefore Deity
405 It might be lonelier Without the Loneliness— I’m so accustomed to my Fate— Perhaps the Other—Peace—
Is it too late to touch you, Dear… We this moment knew - Love Marine and Love terrene - Love celestial too -
XL I NEVER lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod; Twice have I stood a beggar Before the door of God!