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975 The Mountain sat upon the Plain In his tremendous Chair— His observation omnifold, His inquest, everywhere—
59 A little East of Jordan, Evangelists record, A Gymnast and an Angel Did wrestle long and hard—
877 Each Scar I’ll keep for Him Instead I’ll say of Gem In His long Absence worn A Costlier one
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,
“Heaven” has different Signs—to m… Sometimes, I think that Noon Is but a symbol of the Place— And when again, at Dawn, A mighty look runs round the Worl…
336 The face I carry with me—last— When I go out of Time— To take my Rank—by—in the West— That face—will just be thine—
THE Brain—is wider than the sky— For—put them side by side— The one the other will include With ease—and you—beside— The Brain is deeper than the sea—
267 Did we disobey Him? Just one time! Charged us to forget Him— But we couldn’t learn!
Too cold is this To warm with Sun - Too stiff to bended be, To joint this Agate were a work - Outstaring Masonry -
Who were “the Father and the Son” We pondered when a child, And what had they to do with us And when portentous told With inference appalling
XLII SURGEONS must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the culprit,—Life!
Love—is that later Thing than Dea… More previous—than Life— Confirms it at its entrance—And Usurps it—of itself— Tastes Death—the first—to hand th…
132 I bring an unaccustomed wine To lips long parching Next to mine, And summon them to drink;
513 Like Flowers, that heard the news… But never deemed the dripping priz… Awaited their—low Brows— Or Bees—that thought the Summer’s…
64 Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair… Some Vision of the World Cashmer… I confidently see! Or else a Peacock’s purple Train