#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
Part One: Life LII VICTORY comes late, And is held low to freezing lips Too rapt with frost
566 A Dying Tiger—moaned for Drink— I hunted all the Sand— I caught the Dripping of a Rock And bore it in my Hand—
XIX I STARTED early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me,
A door just opened on a street— I, lost, was passing by— An instant’s width of warmth discl… And wealth, and company. The door as sudden shut, and I,
LV I envy seas whereon he rides, I envy spokes of wheels Of chariots that him convey, I envy speechless hills
988 The Definition of Beauty is That Definition is none— Of Heaven, easing Analysis, Since Heaven and He are one.
331 While Asters— On the Hill— Their Everlasting fashions—set— And Covenant Gentians—Frill!
599 There is a pain—so utter— It swallows substance up— Then covers the Abyss with Trance… So Memory can step
804 No Notice gave She, but a Change… No Message, but a Sigh— For Whom, the Time did not suffic… That She should specify.
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate Whose table once a Guest but not The second time is set.
676 Least Bee that brew— A Honey’s Weight Content Her smallest fraction hel… The Amber Quantity—
888 When I have seen the Sun emerge From His amazing House— And leave a Day at every Door A Deed, in every place—
UP with the sun, the breeze arose… Across the talking corn she goes, And smooth she rustles far and wid… Through all the voiceful countrysi… Through all the land her tale she…
‘Faith’ is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see’— But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
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!