#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
XXXIV WHO never lost, are unprepared A coronet to find; Who never thirsted, flagons And cooling tamarind.
456 So well that I can live without— I love thee—then How well is that… As well as Jesus? Prove it me
961 Wert Thou but ill—that I might sh… How long a Day I could endure Though thine attention stop not on… Nor the least signal, Me assure—
The inundation of the Spring Enlarges every soul - It sweeps the tenement away But leaves the Water whole - In which the soul at first estrang…
The brain within its groove Runs evenly and true; But let a splinter swerve, ‘T were easier for you To put the water back
Epigram THIS is my letter to the world, That never wrote to me,— The simple news that Nature told, With tender majesty.
715 The World—feels Dusty When We stop to Die— We want the Dew—then— Honors—taste dry—
‘Faith’ is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see’— But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
Warm in her Hand these accents li… While faithful and afar The Grace so awkward for her sake Its fond subjection wear -
The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy.
I held a Jewel in my fingers’— And went to sleep’— The day was warm, and winds were p… I said 'Twill keep’— I woke’—and chid my honest fingers…
382 For Death—or rather For the Things 'twould buy— This—put away Life’s Opportunity—
The Hills erect their Purple Hea… The Rivers lean to see Yet Man has not of all the Throng A Curiosity.
There cam a Wind like a Bugle - It quivered through the Grass And a Green Chill upon the Heat So ominous did pass We barred the Windows and the Doo…
963 A nearness to Tremendousness— An Agony procures— Affliction ranges Boundlessness— Vicinity to Laws