#AmericanWriters
543 I fear a Man of frugal Speech— I fear a Silent Man— Haranguer—I can overtake— Or Babbler—entertain—
97 The rainbow never tells me That gust and storm are by, Yet is she more convincing Than Philosophy.
5 I have a Bird in spring Which for myself doth sing— The spring decoys. And as the summer nears—
490 To One denied the drink To tell what Water is Would be acuter, would it not Than letting Him surmise?
721 Behind Me’—dips Eternity’— Before Me’—Immortality’— Myself’—the Term between’— Death but the Drift of Eastern G…
XLVII IS Heaven a physician? They say that He can heal; But medicine posthumous Is unavailable.
208 The Rose did caper on her cheek— Her Bodice rose and fell— Her pretty speech—like drunken men… Did stagger pitiful—
620 It makes no difference abroad— The Seasons—fit—the same— The Mornings blossom into Noons— And split their Pods of Flame—
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…
A chilly Peace infests the Grass The Sun respectful lies - Not any Trance of industry These shadows scrutinize - Whose Allies go no more astray
593 I think I was enchanted When first a sombre Girl— I read that Foreign Lady— The Dark—felt beautiful—
501 This World is not Conclusion. A Species stands beyond— Invisible, as Music— But positive, as Sound—
XL I NEVER lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod; Twice have I stood a beggar Before the door of God!
I felt a cleaving in my mind As if my brain had split; I tried to match it, seam by seam, But could not make them fit. The thought behind I strove to jo…
565 One Anguish—in a Crowd— A Minor thing—it sounds— And yet, unto the single Doe Attempted of the Hounds