#AmericanWriters
326 I cannot dance upon my Toes’— No Man instructed me’— But oftentimes, among my mind, A Glee possesseth me,
Glory is that bright tragic thing That for an instant Means Dominion - Warms some poor name That never felt the Sun,
283 A Mien to move a Queen— Half Child—Half Heroine— An Orleans in the Eye That puts its manner by
187 How many times these low feet stag… Only the soldered mouth can tell— Try—can you stir the awful rivet— Try—can you lift the hasps of stee…
Years I had been from home, And now, before the door I dared not open, lest a face I never saw before Stare vacant into mine
Safe in their alabaster chambers, Untouched by morning and untouched… Sleep the meek members of the resu… Rafter of satin, and roof of stone… Light laughs the breeze in her cas…
952 A Man may make a Remark— In itself—a quiet thing That may furnish the Fuse unto a… In dormant nature—lain—
43 Could live—did live— Could die—did die— Could smile upon the whole Through faith in one he met not,
The Savior must have been A docile Gentleman— To come so far so cold a Day For little Fellowmen— The Road to Bethlehem
569 I reckon—when I count it all— First—Poets—Then the Sun— Then Summer—Then the Heaven of G… And then—the List is done—
Publication—is the Auction Of the Mind of Man— Poverty—be justifying For so foul a thing Possibly—but We—would rather
901 Sweet, to have had them lost For news that they be saved— The nearer they departed Us The nearer they, restored,
IF I can stop one heart from brea… I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching… Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin
642 Me from Myself — to banish — Had I Art — Impregnable my Fortress Unto All Heart —
868 They ask but our Delight— The Darlings of the Soil And grant us all their Countenanc… For a penurious smile.