#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
543 I fear a Man of frugal Speech— I fear a Silent Man— Haranguer—I can overtake— Or Babbler—entertain—
910 Experience is the Angled Road Preferred against the Mind By—Paradox—the Mind itself— Presuming it to lead
673 The Love a Life can show Below Is but a filament, I know, Of that diviner thing That faints upon the face of Noon…
548 Death is potential to that Man Who dies—and to his friend— Beyond that—unconspicuous To Anyone but God—
Safe in their alabaster chambers, Untouched by morning and untouched… Sleep the meek members of the resu… Rafter of satin, and roof of stone… Light laughs the breeze in her cas…
346 Not probable—The barest Chance— A smile too few—a word too much And far from Heaven as the Rest— The Soul so close on Paradise—
LVI Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency!
Before you thought of spring, Except as a surmise, You see, God bless his suddenness… A fellow in the skies Of independent hues,
644 You left me—Sire—two Legacies— A Legacy of Love A Heavenly Father would suffice Had He the offer of—
185 “Faith” is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see— But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
926 Patience—has a quiet Outer— Patience—Look within— Is an Insect’s futile forces Infinites—between—
136 Have you got a Brook in your litt… Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drin… And shadows tremble so—
420 You’ll know it—as you know ’tis N… By Glory— As you do the Sun— By Glory—
XXII I GAVE myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way.
My life closed twice before its cl… It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me So huge, so hopeless to conceive