#AmericanWriters
Presentiment is that long shadow o… Indicative that suns go down; The notice to the startled grass That darkness is about to pass.
295 Unto like Story—Trouble has entic… How Kinsmen fell— Brothers and Sister—who preferred… And their young will
LV MY country need not change her go… Her triple suit as sweet As when ’t was cut at Lexington, And first pronounced “a fit.”
145 This heart that broke so long— These feet that never flagged— This faith that watched for star i… Give gently to the dead—
I stepped from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea. I knew not but the next
885 Our little Kinsmen’—after Rain In plenty may be seen, A Pink and Pulpy multitude The tepid Ground upon.
542 I had no Cause to be awake— My Best—was gone to sleep— And Morn a new politeness took— And failed to wake them up—
The Hills erect their Purple Hea… The Rivers lean to see Yet Man has not of all the Throng A Curiosity.
586 We talked as Girls do— Fond, and late— We speculated fair, on every subje… Of ours, none affair—
601 A still—Volcano—Life— That flickered in the night— When it was dark enough to do Without erasing sight—
38 By such and such an offering To Mr. So and So, The web of live woven— So martyrs albums show!
The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy.
567 He gave away his Life— To Us—Gigantic Sum— A trifle—in his own esteem— But magnified—by Fame—
’Twas such a little—little boat That toddled down the bay! ’Twas such a gallant—gallant sea That beckoned it away! ’Twas such a greedy, greedy wave
By homely gift and hindered Words The human heart is told Of Nothing - ‘Nothing’ is the force That renovates the World -