#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
Why – do they shut Me out of Heav… Did I sing – too loud? But – I can say a little “minor” Timid as a Bird! Wouldn’t the Angels try me –
911 Too little way the House must lie From every Human Heart That holds in undisputed Lease A white inhabitant—
818 I could not drink it, Sweet, Till You had tasted first, Though cooler than the Water was The Thoughtfullness of Thirst.
145 This heart that broke so long— These feet that never flagged— This faith that watched for star i… Give gently to the dead—
XII I CANNOT live with you, It would be life, And life is over there Behind the shelf
933 Two Travellers perishing in Snow The Forests as they froze Together heard them strengthening Each other with the words
181 I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? You’ll know it by the Row of Star… Around its forehead bound.
She could not live upon the Past The Present did not know her And so she sought this sweet at la… And nature gently owned her The mother that has not a knell
539 The Province of the Saved Should be the Art—To save— Through Skill obtained in Themsel… The Science of the Grave
The thought beneath so slight a fi… Is more distincly seen,— As laces just reveal the surge, Or mists the Apennine.
493 The World—stands—solemner—to me— Since I was wed—to Him— A modesty befits the soul That bears another’s—name—
XXV BELSHAZZAR had a letter,— He never had but one; Belshazzar’s correspondent Concluded and begun
816 A Death blow is a Life blow to S… Who till they died, did not alive… Who had they lived, had died but w… They died, Vitality begun.
1035 Bee! I’m expecting you! Was saying Yesterday To Somebody you know That you were due—
141 Some, too fragile for winter winds The thoughtful grave encloses— Tenderly tucking them in from fros… Before their feet are cold.
