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580 I gave myself to Him— And took Himself, for Pay, The solemn contract of a Life Was ratified, this way—
271 A solemn thing—it was—I said— A woman—white—to be— And wear—if God should count me f… Her blameless mystery—
781 To wait an Hour—is long— If Love be just beyond— To wait Eternity—is short— If Love reward the end—
181 I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? You’ll know it by the Row of Star… Around its forehead bound.
XLIX WE outgrow love like other things And put it in the drawer, Till it an antique fashion shows Like costumes grandsires wore.
408 Unit, like Death, for Whom? True, like the Tomb, Who tells no secret Told to Him—
388 Take your Heaven further on— This—to Heaven divine Has gone— Had You earlier blundered in Possibly, e’en You had seen
The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend— Or the most agonizing Spy— An Enemy—could send— Secure against its own—
LXVII If I should die, And you should live, And time should gurgle on, And morn should beam,
788 Joy to have merited the Pain— To merit the Release— Joy to have perished every step— To Compass Paradise—
762 The Whole of it came not at once— ’Twas Murder by degrees— A Thrust—and then for Life a chan… The Bliss to cauterize—
480 “Why do I love” You, Sir? Because— The Wind does not require the Gra… To answer—Wherefore when He pass
To make a prairie it takes a clove… One clover, and a bee. And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.
Growth of Man—like Growth of Nat… Gravitates within— Atmosphere, and Sun endorse it— Bit it stir—alone— Each—its difficult Ideal
421 A Charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld— The Lady dare not lift her Veil For fear it be dispelled—