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XCVI MY life closed twice before its c… It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me,
818 I could not drink it, Sweet, Till You had tasted first, Though cooler than the Water was The Thoughtfullness of Thirst.
634 You’ll know Her—by Her Foot— The smallest Gamboge Hand With Fingers—where the Toes shoul… Would more affront the Sand—
381 A Secret told— Ceases to be a Secret—then— A Secret—kept— That—can appal but One—
150 She died—this was the way she died… And when her breath was done Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun—
384 No Rack can torture me— My Soul—at Liberty— Behind this mortal Bone There knits a bolder One—
816 A Death blow is a Life blow to S… Who till they died, did not alive… Who had they lived, had died but w… They died, Vitality begun.
999 Superfluous were the Sun When Excellence be dead He were superfluous every Day For every Day be said
342 It will be Summer—eventually. Ladies—with parasols— Sauntering Gentlemen—with Canes— And little Girls—with Dolls—
I saw the wind within her I knew it blew for me '— But she must buy my shelter I asked Humility
91 So bashful when I spied her! So pretty—so ashamed! So hidden in her leaflets Lest anybody find—
There comes a warning like a spy A shorter breath of Day A stealing that is not a stealth And Summers are away
592 What care the Dead, for Chanticle… What care the Dead for Day? ’Tis late your Sunrise vex their… And Purple Ribaldry—of Morning
443 I tie my Hat—I crease my Shawl— Life’s little duties do—precisely— As the very least Were infinite—to me—
693 Shells from the Coast mistaking— I cherished them for All— Happening in After Ages To entertain a Pearl—