#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
I watched the Moon around the Hou… Until upon a Pane— She stopped—a Traveller’s privile… And there upon I gazed—as at a stranger—
97 The rainbow never tells me That gust and storm are by, Yet is she more convincing Than Philosophy.
164 Mama never forgets her birds, Though in another tree— She looks down just as often And just as tenderly
864 The Robin for the Crumb Returns no syllable But long records the Lady’s name In Silver Chronicle.
979 This Merit hath the worst— It cannot be again— When Fate hath taunted last And thrown Her furthest Stone—
My life had stood—a Loaded Gun— In Corners—till a Day The Owner passed—identified— And carried Me away— And now We roam in Sovereign Woo…
XLIII I LIKE to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step
610 You’ll find—it when you try to die… The Easier to let go— For recollecting such as went— You could not spare—you know.
XIX I STARTED early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me,
735 Upon Concluded Lives There’s nothing cooler falls— Than Life’s sweet Calculations— The mixing Bells and Palls—
A great Hope fell You heard no noise The Ruin was within Oh cunning wreck that told no tale And let no Witness in
204 I’ll tell you how the Sun rose— A Ribbon at a time— The Steeples swam in Amethyst— The news, like Squirrels, ran—
416 A Murmur in the Trees—to note— Not loud enough—for Wind— A Star—not far enough to seek— Nor near enough—to find—
257 Delight is as the flight— Or in the Ratio of it, As the Schools would say— The Rainbow’s way—
Rearrange a “Wife’s” Affection! When they dislocate my Brain! Amputate my freckled Bosom! Make me bearded like a man! Blush, my spirit, in thy Fastness…
