#AmericanWriters
273 He put the Belt around my life I heard the Buckle snap— And turned away, imperial, My Lifetime folding up—
I held a Jewel in my fingers’— And went to sleep’— The day was warm, and winds were p… I said 'Twill keep’— I woke’—and chid my honest fingers…
A chilly Peace infests the Grass The Sun respectful lies - Not any Trance of industry These shadows scrutinize - Whose Allies go no more astray
958 We met as Sparks—Diverging Flint… Sent various—scattered ways— We parted as the Central Flint Were cloven with an Adze—
45 There’s something quieter than sle… Within this inner room! It wears a sprig upon its breast— And will not tell its name.
Part One: Life LIV EXPERIMENT to me Is every one I meet. If it contain a kernel?
How slow the Wind - how slow the sea - how late their Fathers be!
Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple Host
659 That first Day, when you praised… And said that I was strong— And could be mighty, if I liked— That Day—the Days among—
In snow thou comest - Thou shalt go with the resuming gr… The sweet derision of the crow, And Glee’s advancing sound. In fear thou comest -
Our journey had advanced; Our feet were almost come To that odd fork in Being’s road, Eternity by term. Our pace took sudden awe,
740 You taught me Waiting with Myself… Appointment strictly kept’— You taught me fortitude of Fate’— This’—also’—I have learnt’—
372 I know lives, I could miss Without a Misery— Others—whose instant’s wanting— Would be Eternity—
104 Where I have lost, I softer tread… I sow sweet flower from garden bed… I pause above that vanished head And mourn.
642 Me from Myself — to banish — Had I Art — Impregnable my Fortress Unto All Heart —