#AmericanWriters
307 The One who could repeat the Summ… Were greater than itself—though H… Minutest of Mankind should be— And He—could reproduce the Sun—
998 Best Things dwell out of Sight The Pearl—the Just—Our Thought. Most shun the Public Air Legitimate, and Rare—
728 Let Us play Yesterday— I—the Girl at school— You—and Eternity—the Untold Tale—
699 The Judge is like the Owl— I’ve heard my Father tell— And Owls do build in Oaks— So here’s an Amber Sill—
Some Days retired from the rest In soft distinction lie The Day that a Companion came Or was obliged to die
382 For Death—or rather For the Things 'twould buy— This—put away Life’s Opportunity—
The Butterfly’s Assumption Gown In Chrysoprase Apartments hung This afternoon put on— How condescending to descend And be of Buttercups the friend
481 The Himmaleh was known to stoop Unto the Daisy low— Transported with Compassion That such a Doll should grow
I heard a fly buzz when I died; The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in the air Between the heaves of storm. The eyes beside had wrung them dry…
56 If I should cease to bring a Rose Upon a festal day, ‘Twill be because beyond the Rose I have been called away—
156 You love me—you are sure— I shall not fear mistake— I shall not cheated wake— Some grinning morn—
Death is like the insect Menacing the tree, Competent to kill it, But decoyed may be. Bait it with the balsam,
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…
I know a place where summer strive… With such a practised frost, She each year leads her daisies ba… Recording briefly, ‘Lost.’ But when the south wind stirs the…
102 Great Caesar! Condescend The Daisy, to receive, Gathered by Cato’s Daughter, With your majestic leave!