#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
How firm Eternity must look To crumbling men like me The only Adamant Estate In all Identity - How mighty to the insecure
749 All but Death, can be Adjusted— Dynasties repaired— Systems—settled in their Sockets— Citadels—dissolved—
421 A Charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld— The Lady dare not lift her Veil For fear it be dispelled—
Good night! which put the candle o… A jealous zephyr, not a doubt. Ah! friend, you little knew How long at that celestial wick The angels labored diligent;
364 The Morning after Woe— ’Tis frequently the Way— Surpasses all that rose before— For utter Jubilee—
366 Although I put away his life— An Ornament too grand For Forehead low as mine, to wear… This might have been the Hand
I never saw a moor; I never saw the sea, Yet know I how the heather looks And what a billow be. I never spoke with God,
The brain within its groove Runs evenly and true; But let a splinter swerve, ‘T were easier for you To put the water back
The Road was lit with Moon and st… The Trees were bright and still - Descried I - by the distant Ligh… A Traveller on a Hill - To magic Perpendiculars
XXXVI I NEVER hear the word “escape” Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation, A flying attitude.
189 It’s such a little thing to weep— So short a thing to sigh— And yet—by Trades—the size of the… We men and women die!
XXXIV WHO never lost, are unprepared A coronet to find; Who never thirsted, flagons And cooling tamarind.
446 I showed her Heights she never sa… “Would’st Climb,” I said? She said—"Not so"— “With me—” I said—With me?
61 Papa above! Regard a Mouse O’erpowered by the Cat! Reserve within thy kingdom
302 Like Some Old fashioned Miracle When Summertime is done— Seems Summer’s Recollection And the Affairs of June