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979 This Merit hath the worst— It cannot be again— When Fate hath taunted last And thrown Her furthest Stone—
200 I stole them from a Bee— Because—Thee— Sweet plea— He pardoned me!
930 There is a June when Corn is cut And Roses in the Seed— A Summer briefer than the first But tenderer indeed
633 When Bells stop ringing—Church—be… The Positive—of Bells— When Cogs—stop—that's Circumferen… The Ultimate—of Wheels.
How firm Eternity must look To crumbling men like me The only Adamant Estate In all Identity - How mighty to the insecure
566 A Dying Tiger—moaned for Drink— I hunted all the Sand— I caught the Dripping of a Rock And bore it in my Hand—
250 I shall keep singing! Birds will pass me On their way to Yellower Climes— Each—with a Robin’s expectation—
The Clover’s simple Fame Remembered of the Cow - Is better than enameled Realms Of notability. Renown perceives itself
46 I keep my pledge. I was not called— Death did not notice me. I bring my Rose.
220 Could I—then—shut the door— Lest my beseeching face—at last— Rejected—be—of Her?
970 Color — Caste — Denomination — These — are Time's Affair — Death's diviner Classifying Does not know they are —
942 Snow beneath whose chilly softness Some that never lay Make their first Repose this Wint… I admonish Thee
I held a Jewel in my fingers’— And went to sleep’— The day was warm, and winds were p… I said 'Twill keep’— I woke’—and chid my honest fingers…
888 When I have seen the Sun emerge From His amazing House— And leave a Day at every Door A Deed, in every place—
23 I had a guinea golden— I lost it in the sand— And tho’ the sum was simple And pounds were in the land—