#AmericanWriters #CommonMeasure #Epigram
454 It was given to me by the Gods— When I was a little Girl— They given us Presents most—you k… When we are new—and small.
459 A Tooth upon Our Peace The Peace cannot deface— Then Wherefore be the Tooth? To vitalize the Grace—
577 If I may have it, when it’s dead, I’ll be contented—so— If just as soon as Breath is out It shall belong to me—
64 Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair… Some Vision of the World Cashmer… I confidently see! Or else a Peacock’s purple Train
17 Baffled for just a day or two— Embarrassed—not afraid— Encounter in my garden An unexpected Maid.
I noticed People disappeared When but a little child - Supposed they visited remote Or settled Regions wild - But did because they died
Me prove it now —Whoever doubt Me stop to prove it —now — Make haste —the Scruple! Death be… For Opportunity — The River reaches to my feet —
The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend— Or the most agonizing Spy— An Enemy—could send— Secure against its own—
428 Taking up the fair Ideal, Just to cast her down When a fracture—we discover— Or a splintered Crown—
633 When Bells stop ringing—Church—be… The Positive—of Bells— When Cogs—stop—that's Circumferen… The Ultimate—of Wheels.
There is another sky, Ever serene and fair, And there is another sunshine, Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin,
Is it too late to touch you, Dear… We this moment knew - Love Marine and Love terrene - Love celestial too -
35 Nobody knows this little Rose— It might a pilgrim be Did I not take it from the ways And lift it up to thee.
Witchcraft has not a Pedigree ’Tis early as our Breath And mourners meet it going out The moment of our death—
They say that ‘time assuages,’— Time never did assuage; An actual suffering strengthens, As sinews do, with age. Time is a test of trouble,