#AmericanWriters
430 It would never be Common – more –… Difference – had begun – Many a bitterness – had been – But that old sort – was done –
Two butterflies went out at noon And waltzed above a stream, Then stepped straight through the… And rested on a beam; And then together bore away
The Savior must have been A docile Gentleman— To come so far so cold a Day For little Fellowmen— The Road to Bethlehem
XXXII HOPE is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the wor… And never stops at all,
372 I know lives, I could miss Without a Misery— Others—whose instant’s wanting— Would be Eternity—
So proud she was to die It made us all ashamed That what we cherished, so unknown To her desire seemed. So satisfied to go
492 Civilization—spurns—the Leopard! Was the Leopard—bold? Deserts—never rebuked her Satin— Ethiop—her Gold—
To mend each tattered Faith There is a needle fair Though no appearance indicate ’Tis threaded in the Air And though it do not wear
Because I could not stop for Deat… He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselv… And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
Witchcraft has not a Pedigree ’Tis early as our Breath And mourners meet it going out The moment of our death—
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…
970 Color — Caste — Denomination — These — are Time's Affair — Death's diviner Classifying Does not know they are —
XXVIII I BRING an unaccustomed wine To lips long parching, next to min… And summon them to drink. Crackling with fever, they essay;
THE LARGEST fire ever known Occurs each afternoon, Discovered is without surprise, Proceeds without concern: Consumes, and no report to men,
XXXI I FOUND the phrase to every tho… I ever had, but one; And that defies me,—as a hand Did try to chalk the sun
