#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
521 Endow the Living—with the Tears— You squander on the Dead, And They were Men and Women—now, Around Your Fireside—
XL I NEVER lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod; Twice have I stood a beggar Before the door of God!
Shall I take thee, the Poet said To the propounded word? Be stationed with the Candidates Till I have finer tried— The Poet searched Philology
A Word dropped careless on a Page May stimulate an eye When folded in perpetual seam The Wrinkled Maker lie Infection in the sentence breeds
26 It’s all I have to bring today— This, and my heart beside— This, and my heart, and all the fi… And all the meadows wide—
CXXVIII I heard a fly buzz when I died; The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in the air Between the heaves of storm.
625 ’Twas a long Parting—but the time For Interview—had Come— Before the Judgment Seat of God— The last—and second time
251 Over the fence— Strawberries—grow— Over the fence— I could climb—if I tried, I know—
They dropped like flakes, they dro… Like petals from a rose, When suddenly across the lune A wind with fingers goes. They perished in the seamless gras…
It stole along so stealthy Suspicion it was done Was dim as to the wealthy Beginning not to own -
528 Mine—by the Right of the White E… Mine—by the Royal Seal! Mine—by the sign in the Scarlet p… Bars—cannot conceal!
30 Adrift! A little boat adrift! And night is coming down! Will no one guide a little boat Unto the nearest town?
777 The Loneliness One dare not sound… And would as soon surmise As in its Grave go plumbing To ascertain the size—
The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,— The sweeping up the heart,
621 I asked no other thing— No other—was denied— I offered Being—for it— The Mighty Merchant sneered—