#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
A drop fell on the apple tree Another on the roof; A half a dozen kissed the eaves, And made the gables laugh. A few went out to help the brook,
You said that I “was Great”'—one… Then “Great” it be’—if that pleas… Or Small’—or any size at all’— Nay’—I’m the size suit Thee’— Tall’—like the Stag’—would that?
413 I never felt at Home–Below– And in the Handsome Skies I shall not feel at Home–I know– I don’t like Paradise–
685 Not “Revelation”—'tis—that waits, But our unfurnished eyes—
998 Best Things dwell out of Sight The Pearl—the Just—Our Thought. Most shun the Public Air Legitimate, and Rare—
We like March, his shoes are purp… He is new and high; Makes he mud for dog and peddler, Makes he forest dry; Knows the adder’s tongue his comin…
This is the land the sunset washes… These are the banks of the Yellow… Where it rose, or whither it rushe… These are the western mystery! Night after night her purple traff…
146 On such a night, or such a night, Would anybody care If such a little figure Slipped quiet from its chair—
218 Is it true, dear Sue? Are there two? I shouldn’t like to come For fear of joggling Him!
XXII I GAVE myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way.
516 Beauty—be not caused—It Is— Chase it, and it ceases— Chase it not, and it abides— Overtake the Creases
IX THE heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering;
951 As Frost is best conceived By force of its Result— Affliction is inferred By subsequent effect—
573 The Test of Love—is Death— Our Lord—"so loved"—it saith— What Largest Lover—hath Another—doth—
674 The Soul that hath a Guest Doth seldom go abroad— Diviner Crowd at Home— Obliterate the need—