#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
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…
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself,
924 Love—is that later Thing than Dea… More previous—than Life— Confirms it at its entrance—And Usurps it—of itself—
209 With thee, in the Desert— With thee in the thirst— With thee in the Tamarind wood— Leopard breathes—at last!
XLIX A POOR torn heart, a tattered he… That sat it down to rest, Nor noticed that the ebbing day Flowed silver to the west,
715 The World—feels Dusty When We stop to Die— We want the Dew—then— Honors—taste dry—
1763 Fame is a bee. It has a song— It has a sting— Ah, too, it has a wing.
277 What if I say I shall not wait! What if I burst the fleshly Gate— And pass escaped—to thee! What if I file this Mortal—off—
684 Best Gains—must have the Losses’… To constitute them—Gains—
305 The difference between Despair And Fear—is like the One Between the instant of a Wreck And when the Wreck has been—
343 My Reward for Being, was This. My premium—My Bliss— An Admiralty, less— A Sceptre—penniless—
They dropped like flakes, they dro… Like petals from a rose, When suddenly across the June A wind with fingers goes. They perished in the seamless gras…
964 “Unto Me?” I do not know you— Where may be your House? “I am Jesus—Late of Judea— Now—of Paradise”—
122 A something in a summer’s Day As slow her flambeaux burn away Which solemnizes me. A something in a summer’s noon—
10 My wheel is in the dark! I cannot see a spoke Yet know its dripping feet Go round and round.