#AmericanWriters
64 Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair… Some Vision of the World Cashmer… I confidently see! Or else a Peacock’s purple Train
101 Will there really be a “Morning”? Is there such a thing as “Day”? Could I see it from the mountains If I were as tall as they?
XVI TO fight aloud is very brave, But gallanter, I know, Who charge within the bosom, The cavalry of woe.
Tell all the truth but tell it sla… Success in circuit lies, Too bright for our infirm delight The truth’s superb surprise; As lightning to the children eased
257 Delight is as the flight— Or in the Ratio of it, As the Schools would say— The Rainbow’s way—
372 I know lives, I could miss Without a Misery— Others—whose instant’s wanting— Would be Eternity—
674 The Soul that hath a Guest Doth seldom go abroad— Diviner Crowd at Home— Obliterate the need—
887 We outgrow love, like other things And put it in the Drawer— Till it an Antique fashion shows— Like Costumes Grandsires wore.
501 This World is not Conclusion. A Species stands beyond— Invisible, as Music— But positive, as Sound—
412 I read my sentence—steadily— Reviewed it with my eyes, To see that I made no mistake In its extremest clause—
The Snow that never drifts - The transient, fragrant snow That comes a single time a Year Is softly driving now - So thorough in the Tree
A great Hope fell You heard no noise The Ruin was within Oh cunning wreck that told no tale And let no Witness in
639 My Portion is Defeat—today— A paler luck than Victory— Less Paeans—fewer Bells— The Drums don’t follow Me—with tu…
990 Not all die early, dying young— Maturity of Fate Is consummated equally In Ages, or a Night—
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself,