#AmericanWriters
If ever the lid gets off my head And lets the brain away The fellow will go where he belong… Without a hint from me, And the world– if the world be lo…
347 When Night is almost done— And Sunrise grows so near That we can touch the Spaces— It’s time to smooth the Hair—
439 Undue Significance a starving man… To Food— Far off—He sighs—and therefore—Ho… And therefore—Good—
Part One: Life LIII GOD gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me; I dare not eat it, though I starv…
263 Is all that pins the Soul That stands for Deity, to Mine, Upon my side the Veil— Once witnessed of the Gauze—
621 I asked no other thing— No other—was denied— I offered Being—for it— The Mighty Merchant sneered—
917 Love—is anterior to Life— Posterior—to Death— Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth—
697 I could bring You Jewels—had I a… But You have enough—of those— I could bring You Odors from St.… Colors—from Vera Cruz—
355 ’Tis Opposites—entice— Deformed Men—ponder Grace— Bright fires—the Blanketless— The Lost—Day’s face—
430 It would never be Common — more —… Difference — had begun — Many a bitterness — had been — But that old sort — was done —
6 Frequently the wood are pink— Frequently are brown. Frequently the hills undress Behind my native town.
226 Should you but fail at—Sea— In sight of me— Or doomed lie— Next Sun—to die—
913 And this of all my Hopes This, is the silent end Bountiful colored, my Morning ros… Early and sere, its end
281 ’Tis so appalling—it exhilarates— So over Horror, it half Captivate… The Soul stares after it, secure— A Sepulchre, fears frost, no more…
Immured in Heaven! What a Cell! Let every Bondage be, Thou sweetest of the Universe, Like that which ravished thee!