#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
LXXXIX A WORD is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just
681 Soil of Flint, if steady tilled— Will refund by Hand— Seed of Palm, by Libyan Sun Fructified in Sand—
The heart asks pleasure first And then, excuse from pain– And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go to sleep;
Who were “the Father and the Son” We pondered when a child, And what had they to do with us And when portentous told With inference appalling
LXI EACH life converges to some cent… Expressed or still; Exists in every human nature A goal,
688 “Speech”—is a prank of Parliament… “Tears”—is a trick of the nerve— But the Heart with the heaviest f… Doesn't—always—move—
580 I gave myself to Him— And took Himself, for Pay, The solemn contract of a Life Was ratified, this way—
There comes a warning like a spy A shorter breath of Day A stealing that is not a stealth And Summers are away
447 Could—I do more—for Thee— Wert Thou a Bumble Bee— Since for the Queen, have I— Nought but Bouquet?
237 I think just how my shape will ris… When I shall be “forgiven”— Till Hair—and Eyes—and timid Hea… Are out of sight—in Heaven—
We play at paste, Till qualified for pearl, Then drop the paste, And deem ourself a fool. The shapes, though, were similar,
Out of sight? What of that? See the Bird —reach it! Curve by Curve —Sweep by Sweep — Round the Steep Air — Danger! What is that to Her?
401 What Soft—Cherubic Creatures— These Gentlewomen are— One would as soon assault a Plush… Or violate a Star—
724 It’s easy to invent a Life— God does it—every Day— Creation—but the Gambol Of His Authority—
876 It was a Grave, yet bore no Stone Enclosed ’twas not of Rail A Consciousness its Acre, and It held a Human Soul.