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My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun

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My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – In Corners – till a Day The Owner passed – identified – And carried Me away – And now We roam…

Because I could not stop for Death

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Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no…

A Bird, came down the Walk

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A Bird, came down the Walk – He did not know I saw – He bit an Angle Worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw, And then, he drank…

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

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“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all – And sweetest…

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading – treading – till it seemed That Sense was breaking through – And when they all…

Wild nights – Wild nights!

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Wild nights – Wild nights! Were I with thee Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile – the winds – To a Heart in port – Done with the Compass…

Success is counted sweetest

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Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple Host Who took the Flag today Can tell…

The night was wide, and furnished scant

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THE NIGHT was wide, and furnished scant With but a single star, That often as a cloud it met Blew out itself for fear. The wind pursued the little bush,…

He touched me, so I live to know

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HE touched me, so I live to know That such a day, permitted so, I groped upon his breast. It was a boundless place to me, And silenced, as the…

Have you got a brook in your little heart

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Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so? And nobody, knows, so still it…

That I did always love

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That I did always love, I bring thee proof: That till I loved I did not love enough. That I shall love alway, I offer thee That love is life,…

I hide myself within my flower

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I hide myself within my flower, That wearing on your breast, You, unsuspecting, wear me too— And angels know the rest. I hide myself within my flower, That, fading from…

If you were coming in the fall

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If you were coming in the fall, I ’d brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spurn, As housewives do a fly. If I could see…

Tell all the truth but tell it slant

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Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth’s superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With…

You’ve seen Balloons set-Haven’t You?

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700 You’ve seen Balloons set-Haven’t You? So stately they ascend- It is as Swans-discarded You, For Duties Diamond- Their Liquid Feet go softly out Upon a Sea of Blonde- They…

You’re right-

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234 You’re right-“the way is narrow”- And “difficult the Gate”- And “few there be”-Correct again- That “enter in-thereat”- ‘Tis Costly-So are purples! ‘Tis just the price of Breath- With but…

You’ll know it-as you know ’tis Noon

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420 You’ll know it-as you know ’tis Noon- By Glory- As you do the Sun- By Glory- As you will in Heaven- Know God the Father-and the Son. By intuition,…

You’ll know Her – by Her Foot

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634 You’ll know Her – by Her Foot – The smallest Gamboge Hand With Fingers – where the Toes should be – Would more affront the Sand – Than this…

You’ll find-it when you try to die

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610 You’ll find-it when you try to die- The Easier to let go- For recollecting such as went- You could not spare-you know. And though their places somewhat filled- As…

You taught me Waiting with Myself

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740 You taught me Waiting with Myself- Appointment strictly kept- You taught me fortitude of Fate- This-also-I have learnt- An Altitude of Death, that could No bitterer debar Than Life-had…

You said that I

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You said that I “was Great”-one Day- Then “Great” it be-if that please Thee- Or Small-or any size at all- Nay-I’m the size suit Thee- Tall-like the Stag-would that? Or…

You left me-Sire-two Legacies

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644 You left me-Sire-two Legacies- A Legacy of Love A Heavenly Father would suffice Had He the offer of- You left me Boundaries of Pain- Capacious as the Sea- Between…

XVI

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To fight aloud, is very brave- But gallanter, I know Who charge within the bosom The Cavalry of Woe- Who win, and nations do not see- Who fall-and none observe-…

Wolfe demanded during dying

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678 Wolfe demanded during dying “Which obtain the Day”? “General, the British”-“Easy” Answered Wolfe “to die” Montcalm, his opposing Spirit Rendered with a smile “Sweet” said he “my own Surrender…

Without this-there is nought

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655 Without this-there is nought- All other Riches be As is the Twitter of a Bird- Heard opposite the Sea- I could not care-to gain A lesser than the Whole-…

Within my reach!

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90 Within my reach! I could have touched! I might have chanced that way! Soft sauntered thro’ the village- Sauntered as soft away! So unsuspected Violets Within the meadows go-…

With thee, in the Desert

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209 With thee, in the Desert— With thee in the thirst— With thee in the Tamarind wood— Leopard breathes—at last!

Will there really be a

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101 Will there really be a “Morning”? Is there such a thing as “Day”? Could I see it from the mountains If I were as tall as they? Has it…

Why make it doubt-it hurts it so

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462 Why make it doubt-it hurts it so- So sick-to guess- So strong-to know- So brave-upon its little Bed To tell the very last They said Unto Itself-and smile-And shake-…

Why

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The Murmur of a Bee A Witchcraft-yieldeth me- If any ask me why- ‘Twere easier to die- Than tell- The Red upon the Hill Taketh away my will- If anybody…

Whose cheek is this?

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82 Whose cheek is this? What rosy face Has lost a blush today? I found her-“pleiad”-in the woods And bore her safe away. Robins, in the tradition Did cover such…

Whose are the little beds, I asked

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142 Whose are the little beds, I asked Which in the valleys lie? Some shook their heads, and others smiled – And no one made reply. Perhaps they did not…

Whole Gulfs-of Red, and Fleets-of Red

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658 Whole Gulfs-of Red, and Fleets-of Red- And Crews-of solid Blood- Did place upon the West-Tonight- As ’twere specific Ground- And They-appointed Creatures- In Authorized Arrays- Due-promptly-as a Drama- That…

Who Giants know, with lesser Men

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796 Who Giants know, with lesser Men Are incomplete, and shy- For Greatness, that is ill at ease In minor Company- A Smaller, could not be perturbed- The Summer Gnat…

Who Court obtain within Himself

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803 Who Court obtain within Himself Sees every Man a King- And Poverty of Monarchy Is an interior thing- No Man depose Whom Fate Ordain- And Who can add a…

While it is alive

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491 While it is alive Until Death touches it While it and I lap one Air Dwell in one Blood Under one Sacrament Show me Division can split or pare-…

While Asters-

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331 While Asters- On the Hill- Their Everlasting fashions-set- And Covenant Gentians-Frill!

Where I have lost, I softer tread

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Where I have lost, I softer tread — I sow sweet flower from garden bed — I pause above that vanished head And mourn. Whom I have lost, I pious…

Where bells no more affright the morn

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112 Where bells no more affright the morn- Where scrabble never comes- Where very nimble Gentlemen Are forced to keep their rooms- Where tired Children placid sleep Thro’ Centuries of…

When we stand on the tops of Things

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242 When we stand on the tops of Things- And like the Trees, look down- The smoke all cleared away from it- And Mirrors on the scene- Just laying light-no…

When Katie walks, this simple pair accompany her side

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222 When Katie walks, this simple pair accompany her side, When Katie runs unwearied they follow on the road, When Katie kneels, their loving hands still clasp her pious knee-…

When I count the seeds

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40 When I count the seeds That are sown beneath, To bloom so, bye and bye- When I con the people Lain so low, To be received as high- When…

When Bells stop ringing-Church-begins

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633 When Bells stop ringing-Church-begins The Positive-of Bells- When Cogs-stop-that’s Circumference- The Ultimate-of Wheels.

What would I give to see his face?

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247 What would I give to see his face? I’d give-I’d give my life-of course- But that is not enough! Stop just a minute-let me think! I’d give my biggest…

What Soft-Cherubic Creatures

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401 What Soft-Cherubic Creatures- These Gentlewomen are- One would as soon assault a Plush- Or violate a Star- Such Dimity Convictions- A Horror so refined Of freckled Human Nature- Of…

What shall I do-it whimpers so

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186 What shall I do-it whimpers so- This little Hound within the Heart All day and night with bark and start- And yet, it will not go- Would you untie…

What is-

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215 What is-“Paradise”- Who live there- Are they “Farmers”- Do they “hoe”- Do they know that this is “Amherst”- And that I-am coming-too- Do they wear “new shoes”-in “Eden”- Is…

What Inn is this

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115 What Inn is this Where for the night Peculiar Traveller comes? Who is the Landlord? Where the maids? Behold, what curious rooms! No ruddy fires on the hearth- No…

What if I say I shall not wait!

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277 What if I say I shall not wait! What if I burst the fleshly Gate- And pass escaped-to thee! What if I file this Mortal-off- See where it hurt…

What I see not, I better see

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939 What I see not, I better see- Through Faith-my Hazel Eye Has periods of shutting- But, No lid has Memory- For frequent, all my sense obscured I equally behold…

What I can do-I will

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361 What I can do-I will- Though it be little as a Daffodil- That I cannot-must be Unknown to possibility-

What did They do since I saw Them?

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900 What did They do since I saw Them? Were They industrious? So many questions to put Them Have I the eagerness That could I snatch Their Faces That could…

Wert Thou but ill-that I might show thee

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961 Wert Thou but ill-that I might show thee How long a Day I could endure Though thine attention stop not on me Nor the least signal, Me assure- Wert…

We-Bee and I-live by the quaffing

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230 We-Bee and I-live by the quaffing- ‘Tisn’t all Hock-with us- Life has its Ale- But it’s many a lay of the Dim Burgundy- We chant-for cheer-when the Wines-fail- Do…

We see—Comparatively

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534 We see—Comparatively— The Thing so towering high We could not grasp its segment Unaided—Yesterday— This Morning’s finer Verdict— Makes scarcely worth the toil— A furrow—Our Cordillera— Our Apennine—a Knoll—…

We never know how high we are (1176)

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We never know how high we are Till we are asked to rise And then if we are true to plan Our statures touch the skies- The Heroism we recite…

We miss Her, not because We see

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993 We miss Her, not because We see- The Absence of an Eye- Except its Mind accompany Abridge Society As slightly as the Routes of Stars- Ourselves-asleep below- We know…

We met as Sparks-Diverging Flints

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958 We met as Sparks-Diverging Flints Sent various-scattered ways- We parted as the Central Flint Were cloven with an Adze- Subsisting on the Light We bore Before We felt the…

We lose-because we win

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21 We lose-because we win- Gamblers-recollecting which Toss their dice again!

We like march, his shoes are purple,

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We like March, his shoes are purple,   He is new and high; Makes he mud for dog and peddler,   Makes he forest dry; Knows the adder’s tongue his…

We Grow Accustomed to the Dark

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We grow accustomed to the Dark — When light is put away — As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp To witness her Goodbye — A Moment — We uncertain…

We don’t cry-Tim and I

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196 We don’t cry-Tim and I, We are far too grand- But we bolt the door tight To prevent a friend- Then we hide our brave face Deep in our…

Unto Me? I do not know you-

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“Unto Me?” I do not know you- Where may be your House? “I am Jesus-Late of Judea- Now-of Paradise”- Wagons-have you-to convey me? This is far from Thence- “Arms of…

Unto like Story-Trouble has enticed me

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295 Unto like Story-Trouble has enticed me- How Kinsmen fell- Brothers and Sister-who preferred the Glory- And their young will Bent to the Scaffold, or in Dungeons-chanted- Till God’s full…

Unfulfilled to Observation

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972 Unfulfilled to Observation- Incomplete-to Eye- But to Faith-a Revolution In Locality- Unto Us-the Suns extinguish- To our Opposite- New Horizons-they embellish- Fronting Us-with Night.

Uncertain lease-develops lustre

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857 Uncertain lease-develops lustre On Time Uncertain Grasp, appreciation Of Sum- The shorter Fate-is oftener the chiefest Because Inheritors upon a tenure Prize-

Twas such a little-little boat

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107 ‘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 That licked it from…

Twas Crisis-All the length had passed

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‘Twas Crisis-All the length had passed- That dull-benumbing time There is in Fever or Event- And now the Chance had come- The instant holding in its claw The privilege to…

To offer brave assistance

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767 To offer brave assistance To Lives that stand alone- When One has failed to stop them- Is Human-but Divine To lend an Ample Sinew Unto a Nameless Man- Whose…

To my quick ear the Leaves-conferred

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To my quick ear the Leaves-conferred- The Bushes-they were Bells- I could not find a Privacy From Nature’s sentinels- In Cave if I presumed to hide The Walls-begun to tell-…

To lose Thee

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To lose thee, sweeter than to gain All other hearts I knew. ?Tis true the drought is destitute But, then, I had the dew! The Caspian has its realms of…

To know just how He suffered-would be dear

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622 To know just how He suffered-would be dear- To know if any Human eyes were near To whom He could entrust His wavering gaze- Until it settle broad-on Paradise-…

To interrupt His Yellow Plan

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591 To interrupt His Yellow Plan The Sun does not allow Caprices of the Atmosphere- And even when the Snow Heaves Balls of Specks, like Vicious Boy Directly in His…

To hear an Oriole sing

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526 To hear an Oriole sing May be a common thing- Or only a divine. It is not of the Bird Who sings the same, unheard, As unto Crowd- The…

To hang our head-ostensibly

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105 To hang our head-ostensibly- And subsequent, to find That such was not the posture Of our immortal mind- Affords the sly presumption That in so dense a fuzz- You-too-take…

To fill a Gap

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546 To fill a Gap Insert the Thing that caused it – Block it up With Other – and ’twill yawn the more – You cannot solder an Abyss With…

To die-takes just a little while

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To die-takes just a little while- They say it doesn’t hurt- It’s only fainter-by degrees- And then-it’s out of sight- A darker Ribbon-for a Day- A Crape upon the Hat-…

Through the strait pass of suffering

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792 Through the strait pass of suffering- The Martyrs-even-trod. Their feet-upon Temptations- Their faces-upon God- A stately-shriven-Company- Convulsion-playing round- Harmless-as streaks of Meteor- Upon a Planet’s Bond- Their faith-the everlasting…

Through lane it lay-through bramble

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9 Through lane it lay-through bramble- Through clearing and through wood- Banditti often passed us Upon the lonely road. The wolf came peering curious- The owl looked puzzled down- The…

This Merit hath the worst

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979 This Merit hath the worst- It cannot be again- When Fate hath taunted last And thrown Her furthest Stone- The Maimed may pause, and breathe, And glance securely round-…

This Dust, and its Feature

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936 This Dust, and its Feature- Accredited-Today- Will in a second Future- Cease to identify- This Mind, and its measure- A too minute Area For its enlarged inspection’s Comparison-appear- This…

They put Us far apart

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474 They put Us far apart- As separate as Sea And Her unsown Peninsula- We signified “These see”- They took away our Eyes- They thwarted Us with Guns- “I see…

They leave us with the Infinite

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350 They leave us with the Infinite. But He-is not a man- His fingers are the size of fists- His fists, the size of men- And whom he foundeth, with…

They have not chosen me, he said,

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“They have not chosen me,” he said, “But I have chosen them!” Brave-Broken hearted statement- Uttered in Bethlehem! I could not have told it, But since Jesus dared- Sovereign! Know…

They have a little Odor-that to me

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785 They have a little Odor-that to me Is metre-nay-’tis melody- And spiciest at fading-indicate- A Habit-of a Laureate-

They dropped like flakes

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They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,   Like petals from a rose, When suddenly across the lune   A wind with fingers goes. They perished in the seamless…

They ask but our Delight

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868 They ask but our Delight- The Darlings of the Soil And grant us all their Countenance For a penurious smile.

These tested Our Horizon

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886 These tested Our Horizon- Then disappeared As Birds before achieving A Latitude. Our Retrospection of Them A fixed Delight, But our Anticipation A Dice-a Doubt-

There is a Shame of Nobleness

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551 There is a Shame of Nobleness- Confronting Sudden Pelf- A finer Shame of Ecstasy- Convicted of Itself- A best Disgrace-a Brave Man feels- Acknowledged-of the Brave- One More-“Ye Blessed”-to…

There is a morn by men unseen

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24 There is a morn by men unseen- Whose maids upon remoter green Keep their Seraphic May- And all day long, with dance and game, And gambol I may never…

There is a June when Corn is cut

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930 There is a June when Corn is cut And Roses in the Seed- A Summer briefer than the first But tenderer indeed As should a Face supposed the Grave’s…

There is a finished feeling

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856 There is a finished feeling Experienced at Graves- A leisure of the Future- A Wilderness of Size. By Death’s bold Exhibition Preciser what we are And the Eternal function…

There are two Ripenings-one-of sight

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332 There are two Ripenings-one-of sight- Whose forces Spheric wind Until the Velvet product Drop spicy to the ground- A homelier maturing- A process in the Bur- That teeth of…

The Zeroes-taught us-Phosphorous

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689 The Zeroes-taught us-Phosphorous- We learned to like the Fire By playing Glaciers-when a Boy- And Tinder-guessed-by power Of Opposite-to balance Odd- If White-a Red-must be! Paralysis-our Primer-dumb- Unto Vitality!

The Woodpecker

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His bill an auger is, His head, a cap and frill. He laboreth at every tree,— A worm his utmost goal.

The Whole of it came not at once

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762 The Whole of it came not at once- ‘Twas Murder by degrees- A Thrust-and then for Life a chance- The Bliss to cauterize- The Cat reprieves the Mouse She…

The Tint I cannot take-is best

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627 The Tint I cannot take-is best- The Color too remote That I could show it in Bazaar- A Guinea at a sight- The fine-impalpable Array- That swaggers on the…

The show is not the show,

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The show is not the show, But they that go. Menagerie to me My neighbor be. Fair play— Both went to see.

The Robin’s my Criterion for Tune

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285 The Robin’s my Criterion for Tune- Because I grow-where Robins do- But, were I Cuckoo born- I’d swear by him- The ode familiar-rules the Noon- The Buttercup’s, my Whim…

The Robin is the One

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828 The Robin is the One That interrupt the Morn With hurried-few-express Reports When March is scarcely on- The Robin is the One That overflow the Noon With her cherubic…