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6 Frequently the wood are pink— Frequently are brown. Frequently the hills undress Behind my native town.
XVII SHE rose to his requirement, drop… The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.
132 I bring an unaccustomed wine To lips long parching Next to mine, And summon them to drink;
663 Again—his voice is at the door— I feel the old Degree— I hear him ask the servant For such an one—as me—
990 Not all die early, dying young— Maturity of Fate Is consummated equally In Ages, or a Night—
LV MY country need not change her go… Her triple suit as sweet As when ’t was cut at Lexington, And first pronounced “a fit.”
65 I can’t tell you—but you feel it— Nor can you tell me— Saints, with ravished slate and pe… Solve our April Day!
Tell all the truth but tell it sla… Success in circuit lies, Too bright for our infirm delight The truth’s superb surprise; As lightning to the children eased
644 You left me—Sire—two Legacies— A Legacy of Love A Heavenly Father would suffice Had He the offer of—
XXII I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
Death is like the insect Menacing the tree, Competent to kill it, But decoyed may be. Bait it with the balsam,
731 “I want”—it pleaded—All its life— I want—was chief it said When Skill entreated it—the last— And when so newly dead—
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers— Untouched by Morning— and untouched by noon— Sleep the meek members of the Res… Rafter of Satin and Roof of Ston…
897 How fortunate the Grave— All Prizes to obtain— Successful certain, if at last, First Suitor not in vain.
LXVII A DEED knocks first at thought, And then it knocks at will. That is the manufacturing spot, And will at home and well.