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237 I think just how my shape will ris… When I shall be “forgiven”— Till Hair—and Eyes—and timid Hea… Are out of sight—in Heaven—
252 I can wade Grief— Whole Pools of it— I’m used to that— But the least push of Joy
The Savior must have been A docile Gentleman— To come so far so cold a Day For little Fellowmen— The Road to Bethlehem
FORBIDDEN fruit a flavor has That lawful orchards mocks; How luscious lies the pea within The pod that Duty locks!
856 There is a finished feeling Experienced at Graves— A leisure of the Future— A Wilderness of Size.
XXX WE play at paste, Till qualified for pearl, Then drop the paste, And deem ourself a fool.
A drop fell on the apple tree Another on the roof; A half a dozen kissed the eaves, And made the gables laugh. A few went out to help the brook,
792 Through the strait pass of sufferi… The Martyrs—even—trod. Their feet—upon Temptations— Their faces—upon God—
After great pain a formal feeling… The nerves sit ceremonious like to… The stiff Heart questions—was it… And yesterday—or centuries before? The feet, mechanical, go round
158 Dying! Dying in the night! Won’t somebody bring the light So I can see which way to go Into the everlasting snow?
877 Each Scar I’ll keep for Him Instead I’ll say of Gem In His long Absence worn A Costlier one
Going to him! Happy letter! Tell… Tell him the page I didn’t write; Tell him I only said the syntax, And left the verb and the pronoun… Tell him just how the fingers hurr…
LXVII If I should die, And you should live, And time should gurgle on, And morn should beam,
577 If I may have it, when it’s dead, I’ll be contented—so— If just as soon as Breath is out It shall belong to me—
9 Through lane it lay—through brambl… Through clearing and through wood— Banditti often passed us Upon the lonely road.