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834 Before He comes we weigh the Time… ’Tis Heavy and ’tis Light. When He depart, an Emptiness Is the prevailing Freight.
Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave… I will forget the light. When you have done pray tell me,
448 This was a Poet—It is That Distills amazing sense From ordinary Meanings— And Attar so immense
The words the happy say Are paltry melody But those the silent feel Are beautiful—
527 To put this World down, like a Bu… And walk steady, away, Requires Energy—possibly Agony— ’Tis the Scarlet way
271 A solemn thing—it was—I said— A woman—white—to be— And wear—if God should count me f… Her blameless mystery—
704 672 No matter—now—Sweet— But when I’m Earl— Won’t you wish you’d spoken
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…
This is my letter to the world, That never wrote to me,- The simple news that Nature told, With tender majesty Her message is committed
Death sets a thing significant The eye had hurried by, Except a perished creature Entreat us tenderly To ponder little workmanships
98 One dignity delays for all— One mitred Afternoon— None can avoid this purple— None evade this Crown!
An everywhere of silver, With ropes of sand To keep it from effacing The track called land.
995 This was in the White of the Year… That—was in the Green— Drifts were as difficult then to t… As Daisies now to be seen—
201 Two swimmers wrestled on the spar— Until the morning sun— When One—turned smiling to the la… Oh God! the Other One!
84 Her breast is fit for pearls, But I was not a “Diver”— Her brow is fit for thrones But I have not a crest.