#AmericanWriters
621 I asked no other thing— No other—was denied— I offered Being—for it— The Mighty Merchant sneered—
501 This World is not Conclusion. A Species stands beyond— Invisible, as Music— But positive, as Sound—
798 She staked her Feathers—Gained an… Debated—Rose again— This time—beyond the estimate Of Envy, or of Men—
872 As the Starved Maelstrom laps the… As the Vulture teased Forces the Broods in lonely Valle… As the Tiger eased
845 Be Mine the Doom— Sufficient Fame— To perish in Her Hand!
XVI TO fight aloud is very brave, But gallanter, I know, Who charge within the bosom, The cavalry of woe.
917 Love—is anterior to Life— Posterior—to Death— Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth—
It dropped so low—in my Regard— I heard it hit the Ground— And go to pieces on the Stones At bottom of my Mind— Yet blamed the Fate that flung it…
LIX I TOOK my power in my hand And went against the world; ’T was not so much as David had, But I was twice as bold.
The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy.
A narrow fellow in the grass Occasionally rides; You may have met him,—did you not, His notice sudden is. The grass divides as with a comb,
437 Prayer is the little implement Through which Men reach Where Presence—is denied them. They fling their Speech
421 A Charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld— The Lady dare not lift her Veil For fear it be dispelled—
To see her is a Picture— To hear her is a Tune— To know her an Intemperance As innocent as June— To know her not—Affliction—
988 The Definition of Beauty is That Definition is none— Of Heaven, easing Analysis, Since Heaven and He are one.