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237 I think just how my shape will ris… When I shall be “forgiven”— Till Hair—and Eyes—and timid Hea… Are out of sight—in Heaven—
639 My Portion is Defeat—today— A paler luck than Victory— Less Paeans—fewer Bells— The Drums don’t follow Me—with tu…
430 It would never be Common—more—I s… Difference—had begun— Many a bitterness—had been— But that old sort—was done—
345 Funny—to be a Century— And see the People—going by— I—should die of the Oddity— But then—I’m not so staid—as He—
559 It knew no Medicine— It was not Sickness—then— Nor any need of Surgery— And therefore—'twas not Pain—
A Pang is more conspicuous in Spr… In contrast with the things that s… Not Birds entirely– but Minds – Minute Effulgencies and Winds - When what they sung for is undone
Some Days retired from the rest In soft distinction lie The Day that a Companion came Or was obliged to die
363 I went to thank Her— But She Slept— Her Bed—a funneled Stone— With Nosegays at the Head and Fo…
131 Besides the Autumn poets sing A few prosaic days A little this side of the snow And that side of the Haze—
When a Lover is a Beggar Abject is his Knee - When a Lover is an Owner Different is he - What he begged is then the Beggar…
Death sets a thing significant The eye had hurried by, Except a perished creature Entreat us tenderly To ponder little workmanships
18 The Gentian weaves her fringes— The Maple’s loom is red— My departing blossoms Obviate parade.
81 We should not mind so small a flow… Except it quiet bring Our little garden that we lost Back to the Lawn again.
566 A Dying Tiger—moaned for Drink— I hunted all the Sand— I caught the Dripping of a Rock And bore it in my Hand—
16 I would distil a cup, And bear to all my friends, Drinking to her no more astir, By beck, or burn, or moor!