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131 Besides the Autumn poets sing A few prosaic days A little this side of the snow And that side of the Haze—
446 I showed her Heights she never sa… “Would’st Climb,” I said? She said—"Not so"— “With me—” I said—With me?
XXXVI I NEVER hear the word “escape” Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation, A flying attitude.
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…
842 Good to hide, and hear 'em hunt! Better, to be found, If one care to, that is, The Fox fits the Hound—
725 Where Thou art—that—is Home— Cashmere—or Calvary—the same— Degree—or Shame— I scarce esteem Location’s Name—
378 I saw no Way—The Heavens were st… I felt the Columns close— The Earth reversed her Hemisphere… I touched the Universe—
46 I keep my pledge. I was not called— Death did not notice me. I bring my Rose.
451 The Outer—from the Inner Derives its Magnitude— ’Tis Duke, or Dwarf, according As is the Central Mood—
A Death blow is a Life blow to S… Who till they died, did not alive… Who had they lived, had died but w… They died, Vitality begun.
475 Doom is the House without the Doo… ’Tis entered from the Sun— And then the Ladder’s thrown away… Because Escape—is done—
294 The Doomed—regard the Sunrise With different Delight— Because—when next it burns abroad They doubt to witness it—
XLI THE soul unto itself Is an imperial friend,— Or the most agonizing spy An enemy could send.
His Heart was darker than the sta… For that there is a morn But in this black Receptacle Can be no Bode of Dawn
892 Who occupies this House? A Stranger I must judge Since No one know His Circumstan… ’Tis well the name and age