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LXVI WHEN I hoped I feared, Since I hoped I dared; Everywhere alone As a church remain;
54 If I should die, And you should live— And time should gurgle on— And morn should beam—
334 All the letters I can write Are not fair as this— Syllables of Velvet— Sentences of Plush,
81 We should not mind so small a flow… Except it quiet bring Our little garden that we lost Back to the Lawn again.
XXVIII A CHARM invests a face Imperfectly beheld,— The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled.
Of all the souls that stand create I have elected one. When sense from spirit files away, And subterfuge is done; When that which is and that which…
194 On this long storm the Rainbow ro… On this late Morn—the Sun— The clouds—like listless Elephant… Horizons—straggled down—
716 The Day undressed—Herself— Her Garter—was of Gold— Her Petticoat—of Purple plain— Her Dimities—as old
718 I meant to find Her when I came— Death—had the same design— But the Success—was His—it seems— And the Surrender—Mine—
604 Unto my Books—so good to turn— Far ends of tired Days— It half endears the Abstinence— And Pain—is missed—in Praise—
782 There is an arid Pleasure— As different from Joy— As Frost is different from Dew— Like element—are they—
482 We Cover Thee—Sweet Face— Not that We tire of Thee— But that Thyself fatigue of Us— Remember—as Thou go—
The dying need but little, dear,— A glass of water’s all, A flower’s unobtrusive face To punctuate the wall, A fan, perhaps, a friend’s regret,
517 He parts Himself—like Leaves— And then—He closes up— Then stands upon the Bonnet Of Any Buttercup—
XXIX THE nearest dream recedes, unreal… The heaven we chase Like the June bee Before the school—boy