#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
That only lasts an hour How much '— how little '— is Within our power
An Antiquated Tree Is cherished of the Crow Because that Junior Foliage is di… To venerable Birds Whose Corporation Coat
632 The Brain—is wider than the Sky— For—put them side by side— The one the other will contain With ease—and You—beside—
479 She dealt her pretty words like B… How glittering they shone— And every One unbared a Nerve Or wantoned with a Bone—
XXXVII LOVE is anterior to life, Posterior to death, Initial of creation, and The exponent of breath.
FORBIDDEN fruit a flavor has That lawful orchards mocks; How luscious lies the pea within The pod that Duty locks!
202 My Eye is fuller than my vase— Her Cargo—is of Dew— And still—my Heart—my Eye outweig… East India—for you!
XVII WHEN night is almost done, And sunrise grows so near That we can touch the spaces, It ’s time to smooth the hair
XIX I STARTED early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me,
498 I envy Seas, whereon He rides— I envy Spokes of Wheels Of Chariots, that Him convey— I envy Crooked Hills
It dropped so low—in my Regard— I heard it hit the Ground— And go to pieces on the Stones At bottom of my Mind— Yet blamed the Fate that flung it…
XVII SHE rose to his requirement, drop… The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.
446 I showed her Heights she never sa… “Would’st Climb,” I said? She said—"Not so"— “With me—” I said—With me?
959 A loss of something ever felt I— The first that I could recollect Bereft I was—of what I knew not Too young that any should suspect
439 Undue Significance a starving man… To Food— Far off—He sighs—and therefore—Ho… And therefore—Good—