#AmericanWriters
819 All I may, if small, Do it not display Larger for the Totalness— ’Tis Economy
872 As the Starved Maelstrom laps the… As the Vulture teased Forces the Broods in lonely Valle… As the Tiger eased
I have no life but this, To lead it here; Nor any death, but lest Dispelled from there; Nor tie to earths to come,
963 A nearness to Tremendousness— An Agony procures— Affliction ranges Boundlessness— Vicinity to Laws
319 Of Bronze — and Blaze — The North — tonight — So adequate — it forms — So preconcerted with itself —
123 Many cross the Rhine In this cup of mine. Sip old Frankfort air From my brown Cigar.
355 ’Tis Opposites—entice— Deformed Men—ponder Grace— Bright fires—the Blanketless— The Lost—Day’s face—
Drowning is not so pitiful As the attempt to rise. Three times, 't is said, a sinking… Comes up to face the skies, And then declines forever
A light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is scarcely here A color stands abroad
Elysium is as far as to The very nearest Room If in that Room a Friend await Felicity or Doom— What fortitude the Soul contains
697 I could bring You Jewels—had I a… But You have enough—of those— I could bring You Odors from St.… Colors—from Vera Cruz—
535 She’s happy, with a new Content— That feels to her—like Sacrament— She’s busy—with an altered Care— As just apprenticed to the Air—
831 Dying! To be afraid of thee One must to thine Artillery Have left exposed a Friend— Than thine old Arrow is a Shot
132 I bring an unaccustomed wine To lips long parching Next to mine, And summon them to drink;
878 The Sun is gay or stark According to our Deed. If Merry, He is merrier— If eager for the Dead