#AmericanWriters
A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew
652 A Prison gets to be a friend— Between its Ponderous face And Ours—a Kinsmanship express— And in its narrow Eyes—
820 All Circumstances are the Frame In which His Face is set— All Latitudes exist for His Sufficient Continent—
292 If your Nerve, deny you— Go above your Nerve— He can lean against the Grave, If he fear to swerve—
A toad can die of light! Death is the common right Of toads and men,— Of earl and midge The privilege.
Proud of my broken heart, since th… Proud of the pain, I did not feel… Proud of my night, since thou, wit… Not to partake thy passion, –my hu… Thou can’st not boast, like Jesus…
Judgment is justest When the Judged, His action laid away, Divested is of every Disk But his sincerity.
493 The World—stands—solemner—to me— Since I was wed—to Him— A modesty befits the soul That bears another’s—name—
His Heart was darker than the sta… For that there is a morn But in this black Receptacle Can be no Bode of Dawn
XCVI MY life closed twice before its c… It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me,
928 The Heart has narrow Banks It measures like the Sea In mighty—unremitting Bass And Blue Monotony
811 The Veins of other Flowers The Scarlet Flowers are Till Nature leisure has for Terms As “Branch,” and “Jugular.”
666 Ah, Teneriffe! Retreating Mountain! Purples of Ages—pause for you— Sunset—reviews her Sapphire Regim…
Tell all the Truth but tell it sl… Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth’s superb surprise As Lightning to the Children ease…
751 My Worthiness is all my Doubt— His Merit—all my fear— Contrasting which, my quality Do lowlier—appear—