#AmericanWriters
192 Poor little Heart! Did they forget thee? Then dinna care! Then dinna care! Proud little Heart!
651 So much Summer Me for showing Illegitimate— Would a Smile’s minute bestowing
950 The Sunset stopped on Cottages Where Sunset hence must be For treason not of His, but Life’… Gone Westerly, Today—
XL I NEVER lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod; Twice have I stood a beggar Before the door of God!
335 ’Tis not that Dying hurts us so— ’Tis Living—hurts us more— But Dying—is a different way— A Kind behind the Door—
159 A little bread—a crust—a crumb— A little trust—a demijohn— Can keep the soul alive— Not portly, mind! but breathing—wa…
849 The good Will of a Flower The Man who would possess Must first present Certificate
459 A Tooth upon Our Peace The Peace cannot deface— Then Wherefore be the Tooth? To vitalize the Grace—
A Coffin—is a small Domain, Yet able to contain A Citizen of Paradise In it diminished Plane. A Grave—is a restricted Breadth—
Years I had been from home, And now, before the door I dared not open, lest a face I never saw before Stare vacant into mine
120 If this is “fading” Oh let me immediately “fade”! If this is “dying” Bury me, in such a shroud of red!
606 The Trees like Tassels—hit—and sw… There seemed to rise a Tune From Miniature Creatures Accompanying the Sun—
I am afraid to own a Body - I am afraid to own a Soul - Profound– precarious Property – Possession, not optional - Double Estate - entailed at plea…
653 Of Being is a Bird The likest to the Down An Easy Breeze do put afloat The General Heavens—upon—
A Route of Evanescence With a revolving Wheel— A Resonance of Emerald— A Rush of Cochineal— And every Blossom on the Bush
