#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
266 This—is the land—the Sunset washe… These—are the Banks of the Yellow… Where it rose—or whither it rushes… These—are the Western Mystery!
837 How well I knew Her not Whom not to know has been A Bounty in prospective, now Next Door to mine the Pain.
575 “Heaven” has different Signs—to m… Sometimes, I think that Noon Is but a symbol of the Place— And when again, at Dawn,
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself,
720 No Prisoner be— Where Liberty— Himself—abide with Thee—
359 I gained it so— By Climbing slow— By Catching at the Twigs that gro… Between the Bliss—and me—
The day came slow, till five o’clo… Then sprang before the hills, Like hindered rubies, or the light… A sudden musket spills. The purple could not keep the east…
The earth has many keys, Where melody is not Is the unknown peninsula. Beauty is nature’s fact. But witness for her land,
502 At least—to pray—is left—is left— Oh Jesus—in the Air— I know not which thy chamber is— I’m knocking—everywhere—
If Nature smiles - the Mother mu… I’m sure, at many a whim Of Her eccentric Family - Is She so much to blame?
154 Except to Heaven, she is nought. Except for Angels—lone. Except to some wide-wandering Bee A flower superfluous blown.
702 A first Mute Coming— In the Stranger’s House— A first fair Going— When the Bells rejoice—
XV I know some lonely houses off the… A robber ’d like the look of,— Wooden barred, And windows hanging low,
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry....
262 The lonesome for they know not Wh… The Eastern Exiles—be— Who strayed beyond the Amber line Some madder Holiday—