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14 One Sister have I in our house, And one, a hedge away. There’s only one recorded, But both belong to me.
621 I asked no other thing— No other—was denied— I offered Being—for it— The Mighty Merchant sneered—
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…
323 As if I asked a common Alms, And in my wondering hand A Stranger pressed a Kingdom, And I, bewildered, stand—
He fumbles at your spirit As players at the keys Before they drop full music on; He stuns you by degrees, Prepares your brittle substance
381 A Secret told— Ceases to be a Secret—then— A Secret—kept— That—can appal but One—
170 Portraits are to daily faces As an Evening West, To a fine, pedantic sunshine— In a satin Vest!
192 Poor little Heart! Did they forget thee? Then dinna care! Then dinna care! Proud little Heart!
912 Peace is a fiction of our Faith— The Bells a Winter Night Bearing the Neighbor out of Sound That never did alight.
492 Civilization—spurns—the Leopard! Was the Leopard—bold? Deserts—never rebuked her Satin— Ethiop—her Gold—
475 Doom is the House without the Doo… ’Tis entered from the Sun— And then the Ladder’s thrown away… Because Escape—is done—
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
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
17 Baffled for just a day or two— Embarrassed—not afraid— Encounter in my garden An unexpected Maid.
489 We pray—to Heaven— We prate—of Heaven— Relate—when Neighbors die— At what o’clock to heaven—they fle…
