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464 The power to be true to You, Until upon my face The Judgment push his Picture— Presumptuous of Your Place—
Come slowly, Eden Lips unused to thee. Bashful, sip thy jasmines, As the fainting bee,
The Beggar at the Door for Fame Were easily supplied But Bread is that Diviner thing Disclosed to be denied
725 Where Thou art—that—is Home— Cashmere—or Calvary—the same— Degree—or Shame— I scarce esteem Location’s Name—
452 The Malay—took the Pearl— Not—I—the Earl— I—feared the Sea—too much Unsanctified—to touch—
Of all the souls that stand create I have elected one. When sense from spirit files away, And subterfuge is done; When that which is and that which…
17 Baffled for just a day or two— Embarrassed—not afraid— Encounter in my garden An unexpected Maid.
228 Blazing in Gold and quenching in… Leaping like Leopards to the Sky Then at the feet of the old Horiz… Laying her spotted Face to die
366 Although I put away his life— An Ornament too grand For Forehead low as mine, to wear… This might have been the Hand
243 I’ve known a Heaven, like a Tent— To wrap its shining Yards— Pluck up its stakes, and disappear… Without the sound of Boards
277 What if I say I shall not wait! What if I burst the fleshly Gate— And pass escaped—to thee! What if I file this Mortal—off—
On my volcano grows the Grass A meditative spot - An acre for a Bird to choose Would be the General thought - How red the Fire rocks below -
Renunciation—is a piercing Virtue… The letting go A Presence—for an Expectation— Not now— The putting out of Eyes—
63 If pain for peace prepares Lo, what “Augustan” years Our feet await! If springs from winter rise,
906 The Admirations—and Contempts—of… Show justest—through an Open Tomb… The Dying—as it were a Height Reorganizes Estimate