I taste a liquor never brewed, From tankards scooped in pearl; Not all the vats upon the Rhine Yield such an alcohol! Inebriate of air am I,

327 Before I got my eye put out I liked as well to see— As other Creatures, that have Eye… And know no other way—

Tie the strings to my life, my Lo… Then I am ready to go! Just a look at the horses— Rapid! That will do! Put me in on the firmest side,

Part One: Life LIII GOD gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me; I dare not eat it, though I starv…

567 He gave away his Life— To Us—Gigantic Sum— A trifle—in his own esteem— But magnified—by Fame—

597 It always felt to me—a wrong To that Old Moses—done— To let him see—the Canaan— Without the entering—

XIX I STARTED early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me,

This is the land the sunset washes… These are the banks of the Yellow… Where it rose, or whither it rushe… These are the western mystery! Night after night her purple traff…

358 If any sink, assure that this, now… Failed like Themselves—and consci… Grew by the Fact, and not the Und… How Weakness passed—or Force—aros…

276 Many a phrase has the English lan… I have heard but one— Low as the laughter of the Cricke… Loud, as the Thunder’s Tongue—

724 It’s easy to invent a Life— God does it—every Day— Creation—but the Gambol Of His Authority—

580 I gave myself to Him— And took Himself, for Pay, The solemn contract of a Life Was ratified, this way—

The spider holds a Silver Ball In unperceived Hands— And dancing softly to Himself His Yarn of Pearl—unwinds— He plies from Nought to Nought—