I stepped from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea. I knew not but the next

540 I took my Power in my Hand— And went against the World— ’Twas not so much as David—had— But I—was twice as bold—

‘Faithful to the end’ Amended From the Heavenly Clause - Constancy with a Proviso Constancy abhors - ‘Crowns of Life’ are servile Priz…

I taste a liquor never brewed, From tankards scooped in pearl; Not all the vats upon the Rhine Yield such an alcohol! Inebriate of air am I,

985 The Missing All’—prevented Me From missing minor Things. If nothing larger than a World’s Departure from a Hinge’—

930 There is a June when Corn is cut And Roses in the Seed— A Summer briefer than the first But tenderer indeed

336 The face I carry with me—last— When I go out of Time— To take my Rank—by—in the West— That face—will just be thine—

491 While it is alive Until Death touches it While it and I lap one Air Dwell in one Blood

There is another sky, Ever serene and fair, And there is another sunshine, Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin,

862 Light is sufficient to itself— If Others want to see It can be had on Window Panes Some Hours in the Day.

900 What did They do since I saw The… Were They industrious? So many questions to put Them Have I the eagerness

46 I keep my pledge. I was not called— Death did not notice me. I bring my Rose.

“I want”—it pleaded—All its life— I want—was chief it said When Skill entreated it—the last— And when so newly dead— I could not deem it late—to hear