#AmericanWriters
The only ghost I ever saw Was dressed in mechlin,—so; He wore no sandal on his foot, And stepped like flakes of snow. His gait was soundless, like the b…
540 I took my Power in my Hand— And went against the World— ’Twas not so much as David—had— But I—was twice as bold—
695 As if the Sea should part And show a further Sea— And that—a further—and the Three But a presumption be—
91 So bashful when I spied her! So pretty—so ashamed! So hidden in her leaflets Lest anybody find—
886 These tested Our Horizon— Then disappeared As Birds before achieving A Latitude.
There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take
There comes a warning like a spy A shorter breath of Day A stealing that is not a stealth And Summers are away
127 “Houses”—so the Wise Men tell me— “Mansions”! Mansions must be warm… Mansions cannot let the tears in, Mansions must exclude the storm!
690 Victory comes late— And is held low to freezing lips— Too rapt with frost To take it—
Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave… I will forget the light. When you have done pray tell me,
1100 The last Night that She lived It was a Common Night Except the Dying—this to Us Made Nature different
792 Through the strait pass of sufferi… The Martyrs—even—trod. Their feet—upon Temptations— Their faces—upon God—
The sky is low, the clouds are mea… A travelling flake of snow Across a barn or through a rut Debates if it will go. A narrow wind complains all day
466 ’Tis little I—could care for Pear… Who own the ample sea— Or Brooches—when the Emperor— With Rubies—pelteth me—
923 How the Waters closed above Him We shall never know— How He stretched His Anguish to… That—is covered too—