#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
467 We do not play on Graves— Because there isn’t Room— Besides—it isn’t even—it slants And People come—
596 When I was small, a Woman died— Today—her Only Boy Went up from the Potomac— His face all Victory
Not in this world to see his face Sounds long, until I read the pla… Where this is said to be But just the primer to a life Unopened, rare, upon the shelf,
397 When Diamonds are a Legend, And Diadems—a Tale— I Brooch and Earrings for Myself… Do sow, and Raise for sale—
161 A feather from the Whippoorwill That everlasting—sings! Whose galleries—are Sunrise— Whose Opera—the Springs—
372 I know lives, I could miss Without a Misery— Others—whose instant’s wanting— Would be Eternity—
I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains,
711 Strong Draughts of Their Refresh… To drink—enables Mine Through Desert or the Wilderness As bore it Sealed Wine—
385 Smiling back from Coronation May be Luxury— On the Heads that started with us… Being’s Peasantry—
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,
Volcanoes be in Sicily And South America I judge from my Geography - Volcanos nearer here A Lava step at any time
188 Make me a picture of the sun— So I can hang it in my room— And make believe I’m getting warm When others call it “Day”!
780 The Truth—is stirless— Other force—may be presumed to mov… This—then—is best for confidence— When oldest Cedars swerve—
378 I saw no Way—The Heavens were st… I felt the Columns close— The Earth reversed her Hemisphere… I touched the Universe—
801 I play at Riches—to appease The Clamoring for Gold— It kept me from a Thief, I think, For often, overbold