#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend— Or the most agonizing Spy— An Enemy—could send— Secure against its own—
550 I cross till I am weary A Mountain—in my mind— More Mountains—then a Sea— More Seas—And then
Our journey had advanced; Our feet were almost come To that odd fork in Being’s road, Eternity by term. Our pace took sudden awe,
874 They won’t frown always—some sweet… When I forget to tease— They’ll recollect how cold I look… And how I just said “Please.”
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!
200 I stole them from a Bee— Because—Thee— Sweet plea— He pardoned me!
I held a Jewel in my fingers’— And went to sleep’— The day was warm, and winds were p… I said 'Twill keep’— I woke’—and chid my honest fingers…
Going to him! Happy letter! Tell… Tell him the page I didn’t write; Tell him I only said the syntax, And left the verb and the pronoun… Tell him just how the fingers hurr…
24 There is a morn by men unseen— Whose maids upon remoter green Keep their Seraphic May— And all day long, with dance and g…
358 If any sink, assure that this, now… Failed like Themselves—and consci… Grew by the Fact, and not the Und… How Weakness passed—or Force—aros…
GLEE! the great storm is over! Four have recovered the land; Forty gone down together Into the boiling sand. Ring, for the scant salvation!
437 Prayer is the little implement Through which Men reach Where Presence—is denied them. They fling their Speech
376 Of Course—I prayed— And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird—had stamped her foot—
LX A SHADY friend for torrid days Is easier to find Than one of higher temperature For frigid hour of mind.
A narrow fellow in the grass Occasionally rides; You may have met him,—did you not, His notice sudden is. The grass divides as with a comb,