If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it.
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235 The Court is far away— No Umpire—have I— My Sovereign is offended— To gain his grace—I’d die!
490 To One denied the drink To tell what Water is Would be acuter, would it not Than letting Him surmise?
Tell all the truth but tell it sla… Success in circuit lies, Too bright for our infirm delight The truth’s superb surprise; As lightning to the children eased
There comes a warning like a spy A shorter breath of Day A stealing that is not a stealth And Summers are away
843 I made slow Riches but my Gain Was steady as the Sun And every Night, it numbered more Than the preceding One
443 I tie my Hat—I crease my Shawl— Life’s little duties do—precisely— As the very least Were infinite—to me—
CXXXVI I STEPPED from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea.
To mend each tattered Faith There is a needle fair Though no appearance indicate ’Tis threaded in the Air And though it do not wear
294 The Doomed—regard the Sunrise With different Delight— Because—when next it burns abroad They doubt to witness it—
624 Forever—it composed of Nows— ’Tis not a different time— Except for Infiniteness— And Latitude of Home—
38 By such and such an offering To Mr. So and So, The web of live woven— So martyrs albums show!
989 Gratitude—is not the mention Of a Tenderness, But its still appreciation Out of Plumb of Speech.
788 Joy to have merited the Pain— To merit the Release— Joy to have perished every step— To Compass Paradise—
784 Bereaved of all, I went abroad— No less bereaved was I Upon a New Peninsula— The Grave preceded me—
218 Is it true, dear Sue? Are there two? I shouldn’t like to come For fear of joggling Him!