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CXXXVI I STEPPED from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea.
878 The Sun is gay or stark According to our Deed. If Merry, He is merrier— If eager for the Dead
401 What Soft—Cherubic Creatures— These Gentlewomen are— One would as soon assault a Plush… Or violate a Star—
I breathed enough to learn the tri… And now, removed from air, I simulate the breath so well, That one, to be quite sure The lungs are stirless, must desce…
The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy.
A feather from the Whippoorwill That everlasting—sings! Whose galleries—are Sunrise— Whose Opera—the Springs— Whose Emerald Nest the Ages spin
644 You left me—Sire—two Legacies— A Legacy of Love A Heavenly Father would suffice Had He the offer of—
The Black Berry—wears a Thorn in… But no Man heard Him cry— He offers His Berry, just the sam… To Partridge—and to Boy— He sometimes holds upon the Fence…
815 The Luxury to apprehend The Luxury 'twould be To look at Thee a single time An Epicure of Me
I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains,
213 Did the Harebell loose her girdle To the lover Bee Would the Bee the Harebell hallow Much as formerly?
702 A first Mute Coming— In the Stranger’s House— A first fair Going— When the Bells rejoice—
69 Low at my problem bending, Another problem comes— Larger than mine—Serener— Involving statelier sums.
526 To hear an Oriole sing May be a common thing— Or only a divine. It is not of the Bird
633 When Bells stop ringing—Church—be… The Positive—of Bells— When Cogs—stop—that's Circumferen… The Ultimate—of Wheels.