#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
384 No Rack can torture me— My Soul—at Liberty— Behind this mortal Bone There knits a bolder One—
244 It is easy to work when the soul i… But when the soul is in pain— The hearing him put his playthings… Makes work difficult—then—
359 I gained it so— By Climbing slow— By Catching at the Twigs that gro… Between the Bliss—and me—
163 Tho’ my destiny be Fustian— Hers be damask fine— Tho’ she wear a silver apron— I, a less divine—
437 Prayer is the little implement Through which Men reach Where Presence—is denied them. They fling their Speech
354 From Cocoon forth a Butterfly As Lady from her Door Emerged—a Summer Afternoon— Repairing Everywhere—
It is an honorable thought, And makes one lift one’s hat, As one encountered gentlefolk Upon a daily street, That we’ve immortal place,
260 Read—Sweet—how others—strove— Till we—are stouter— What they—renounced— Till we—are less afraid—
367 Over and over, like a Tune— The Recollection plays— Drums off the Phantom Battlements Cornets of Paradise—
223 I Came to buy a smile—today— But just a single smile— The smallest one upon your face Will suit me just as well—
975 The Mountain sat upon the Plain In his tremendous Chair— His observation omnifold, His inquest, everywhere—
372 I know lives, I could miss Without a Misery— Others—whose instant’s wanting— Would be Eternity—
770 I lived on Dread— To Those who know The Stimulus there is In Danger—Other impetus
241 I like a look of Agony, Because I know it’s true— Men do not sham Convulsion, Nor simulate, a Throe—
Water makes many Beds For those averse to sleep - Its awful chamber open stands - Its Curtains blandly sweep - Abhorrent is the Rest