#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
165 A Wounded Deer—leaps highest— I’ve heard the Hunter tell— ’Tis but the Ecstasy of death— And then the Brake is still!
481 The Himmaleh was known to stoop Unto the Daisy low— Transported with Compassion That such a Doll should grow
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—
Safe in their alabaster chambers, Untouched by morning and untouched… Sleep the meek members of the resu… Rafter of satin, and roof of stone… Light laughs the breeze in her cas…
A great Hope fell You heard no noise The Ruin was within Oh cunning wreck that told no tale And let no Witness in
693 Shells from the Coast mistaking— I cherished them for All— Happening in After Ages To entertain a Pearl—
792 Through the strait pass of sufferi… The Martyrs—even—trod. Their feet—upon Temptations— Their faces—upon God—
882 A Shade upon the mind there passe… As when on Noon A Cloud the mighty Sun encloses Remembering
To die—takes just a little while— They say it doesn’t hurt— It’s only fainter—by degrees— And then—it’s out of sight— A darker Ribbon—for a Day—
The only ghost I ever saw Was dressed in mechlin,—so; He wore no sandal on his foot, And stepped like flakes of snow. His gait was soundless, like the b…
Luck is not chance It’s Toil Fortune’s expensive smile Is earned The Father of the Mine
XIX I STARTED early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me,
631 Ourselves were wed one summer—dear… Your Vision—was in June— And when Your little Lifetime fai… I wearied—too—of mine—
912 Peace is a fiction of our Faith— The Bells a Winter Night Bearing the Neighbor out of Sound That never did alight.
655 Without this—there is nought— All other Riches be As is the Twitter of a Bird— Heard opposite the Sea—
