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A little road not made of man, Enabled of the eye, Accessible to thill of bee, Or cart of butterfly. If town it have, beyond itself,
868 They ask but our Delight— The Darlings of the Soil And grant us all their Countenanc… For a penurious smile.
922 Those who have been in the Grave… Those who begin Today— Equally perish from our Practise— Death is the other way—
A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew
344 ’Twas the old—road—through pain— That unfrequented—One— With many a turn—and thorn— That stops—at Heaven—
Two butterflies went out at noon And waltzed above a stream, Then stepped straight through the… And rested on a beam; And then together bore away
I have no life but this, To lead it here; Nor any death, but lest Dispelled from there; Nor tie to earths to come,
819 All I may, if small, Do it not display Larger for the Totalness— ’Tis Economy
906 The Admirations—and Contempts—of… Show justest—through an Open Tomb… The Dying—as it were a Height Reorganizes Estimate
‘Faith’ is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see’— But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
924 Love—is that later Thing than Dea… More previous—than Life— Confirms it at its entrance—And Usurps it—of itself—
121 As Watchers hang upon the East, As Beggars revel at a feast By savory Fancy spread— As brooks in deserts babble sweet
260 Read—Sweet—how others—strove— Till we—are stouter— What they—renounced— Till we—are less afraid—
189 It’s such a little thing to weep— So short a thing to sigh— And yet—by Trades—the size of the… We men and women die!
951 As Frost is best conceived By force of its Result— Affliction is inferred By subsequent effect—