#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
A toad can die of light! Death is the common right Of toads and men,— Of earl and midge The privilege.
921 If it had no pencil Would it try mine— Worn—now—and dull—sweet, Writing much to thee.
20 Distrustful of the Gentian— And just to turn away, The fluttering of her fringes Child my perfidy—
763 He told a homely tale And spotted it with tears— Upon his infant face was set The Cicatrice of years—
Remorse– is Memory– awake - Her Parties all astir - A Presence of Departed Acts - At window– and at Door – Its Past - set down before the S…
A Sickness of this World it most… When Best Men die. A Wishfulness their far Condition To occupy. A Chief indifference, as Foreign
867 Escaping backward to perceive The Sea upon our place— Escaping forward, to confront His glittering Embrace—
107 ’Twas such a little—little boat That toddled down the bay! ’Twas such a gallant—gallant sea That beckoned it away!
376 Of Course—I prayed— And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird—had stamped her foot—
538 ’Tis true—They shut me in the Col… But then—Themselves were warm And could not know the feeling ’tw… Forget it—Lord—of Them—
462 Why make it doubt — it hurts it so… So sick — to guess — So strong — to know — So brave — upon its little Bed
311 It sifts from Leaden Sieves— It powders all the Wood. It fills with Alabaster Wool The Wrinkles of the Road—
XXVIII I BRING an unaccustomed wine To lips long parching, next to min… And summon them to drink. Crackling with fever, they essay;
The spry Arms of the Wind If I could crawl between I have an errand imminent To an adjoining Zone - I should not care to stop
190 He was weak, and I was strong—the… So He let me lead him in— I was weak, and He was strong the… So I let him lead me—Home.