‘I used to have dozens of handkerc… Of finest lawn. I used to have silk shirts and fin… He’s like a faun This darling out-at-elbows Irish…

Sometimes I can see When I teach Half my children talk Each to each. Then I almost wish

To Plato’s dictum Assent she lends. All things in common We hold, as friends. I share her riches.

I had a lover who betrayed me. First he implored and then gainsai… Hopeless I dared no more importun… I found new friends, a kinder fort… Silence, indifference did greet me…

When day is over I climb up the stair, Take off my dark dress, Pull down my hair, Open my window

They used to say Our mother brought us up like hot-… From day to day Such wondrous cares were ours Her love inspired.

My mission in the world Is to prolong Rapture by turning it Into a song. A song of liberty

Every day Miss Mary goes her roun… Through the splendid house and thr… Looking if the kitchen table’s whi… Seeing if the great big fire’s ali… Finding specks on shining pans and…

I can’t feel the sunshine Or see the stars aright For thinking of her beauty And her kisses bright. She would let me kiss her

My friend declares Being woman and virgin she Takes small account of periodicity And she is right. Her days are calmly spent

I dreamt last night of happy home-… Friends I had loved and had belie… Came happily to visit me and said I was a part of their fair home-co… It’s strange that I should dream…

I found an orchid in the valley fa… And named it for us both, And left it there. Two flowers upon one stem, white-s… I couldn’t pull them up,

I have golden shoes To make me fleet. They are like the wind Underneath my feet. When my lover’s kiss

I thought I heard something move… When I was alone in bed. And I was afraid . . . and I was… I lay—I quaked for dread. Then all of a sudden the rain bega…

He: That isn’t you. She: It’s me, in my blue skirt And scarlet coat and little golden… He: Not good enough. She: Well, burn it if you choose