#AmericanWriters
271 A solemn thing—it was—I said— A woman—white—to be— And wear—if God should count me f… Her blameless mystery—
523 Sweet—You forgot—but I remembered Every time—for Two— So that the Sum be never hindered Through Decay of You—
58 Delayed till she had ceased to kno… Delayed till in its vest of snow Her loving bosom lay— An hour behind the fleeting breath…
22 All these my banners be. I sow my pageantry In May— It rises train by train—
LXIII Ample make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair.
537 Me prove it now—Whoever doubt Me stop to prove it—now— Make haste—the Scruple! Death be… For Opportunity—
160 Just lost, when I was saved! Just felt the world go by! Just girt me for the onset with E… When breath blew back,
128 Bring me the sunset in a cup, Reckon the morning’s flagons up And say how many Dew, Tell me how far the morning leaps—
I started Early– Took my Dog – And visited the Sea - The Mermaids in the Basement Came out to look at me - And Frigates - in the Upper Floo…
831 Dying! To be afraid of thee One must to thine Artillery Have left exposed a Friend— Than thine old Arrow is a Shot
841 A Moth the hue of this Haunts Candles in Brazil. Nature’s Experience would make Our Reddest Second pale.
876 It was a Grave, yet bore no Stone Enclosed ’twas not of Rail A Consciousness its Acre, and It held a Human Soul.
424 Removed from Accident of Loss By Accident of Gain Befalling not my simple Days— Myself had just to earn—
XXX WE play at paste, Till qualified for pearl, Then drop the paste, And deem ourself a fool.
540 I took my Power in my Hand— And went against the World— ’Twas not so much as David—had— But I—was twice as bold—