#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
Pain—has an Element of Blank— It cannot recollect When it begun—or if there were A time when it was not— It has no Future—but itself—
357 God is a distant—stately Lover— Woos, as He states us—by His Son… Verily, a Vicarious Courtship— “Miles”, and “Priscilla”, were su…
Perhaps I asked too large— I take—no less than skies— For Earths, grow thick as Berries, in my native town— My Basked holds—just—Firmaments—
IX THE heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering;
402 I pay—in Satin Cash— You did not state—your price— A Petal, for a Paragraph It near as I can guess—
825 An Hour is a Sea Between a few, and me— With them would Harbor be—
LXXXIX A WORD is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just
I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains,
A still – Volcano – Life – That flickered in the night – When it was dark enough to do Without erasing sight – A quiet – Earthquake Style –
It sounded as if the Streets were… And then– the Streets stood stil… Eclipse - was all we could see at… And Awe - was all we could feel. By and by - the boldest stole out…
116 I had some things that I called m… And God, that he called his, Till, recently a rival Claim Disturbed these amities.
804 No Notice gave She, but a Change… No Message, but a Sigh— For Whom, the Time did not suffic… That She should specify.
179 If I could bribe them by a Rose I’d bring them every flower that g… From Amherst to Cashmere! I would not stop for night, or sto…
256 If I’m lost—now That I was found— Shall still my transport be— That once—on me—those Jasper Gate…
476 I meant to have but modest needs— Such as Content—and Heaven— Within my income—these could lie And Life and I—keep even—
