#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
509 If anybody’s friend be dead It’s sharpest of the theme The thinking how they walked alive… At such and such a time—
501 This World is not Conclusion. A Species stands beyond— Invisible, as Music— But positive, as Sound—
243 I’ve known a Heaven, like a Tent— To wrap its shining Yards— Pluck up its stakes, and disappear… Without the sound of Boards
I am afraid to own a Body - I am afraid to own a Soul - Profound– precarious Property – Possession, not optional - Double Estate - entailed at plea…
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
Some keep the Sabbath going to Ch… I keep it, staying at Home— With a Bobolink for a Chorister— And an Orchard, for a Dome— Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice…
XXXII HOPE is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the wor… And never stops at all,
121 As Watchers hang upon the East, As Beggars revel at a feast By savory Fancy spread— As brooks in deserts babble sweet
I bet with every Wind that blew Till Nature in chagrin Employed a Fact to visit me And scuttle my Balloon -
990 Not all die early, dying young— Maturity of Fate Is consummated equally In Ages, or a Night—
938 Fairer through Fading—as the Day Into the Darkness dips away— Half Her Complexion of the Sun— Hindering—Haunting—Perishing—
83 Heart, not so heavy as mine Wending late home— As it passed my window Whistled itself a tune—
220 Could I—then—shut the door— Lest my beseeching face—at last— Rejected—be—of Her?
XII I ASKED no other thing, No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled.
1034 His Bill an Auger is, His Head, a Cap and Frill. He laboreth at every Tree A Worm, His utmost Goal.