#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
908 ’Tis Sunrise—Little Maid—Hast T… No Station in the Day? ’Twas not thy wont, to hinder so— Retrieve thine industry—
440 ’Tis customary as we part A trinket—to confer— It helps to stimulate the faith When Lovers be afar—
Proud of my broken heart, since th… Proud of the pain, I did not feel… Proud of my night, since thou, wit… Not to partake thy passion, –my hu… Thou can’st not boast, like Jesus…
200 I stole them from a Bee— Because—Thee— Sweet plea— He pardoned me!
540 I took my Power in my Hand— And went against the World— ’Twas not so much as David—had— But I—was twice as bold—
731 “I want”—it pleaded—All its life— I want—was chief it said When Skill entreated it—the last— And when so newly dead—
Part One: Life LII VICTORY comes late, And is held low to freezing lips Too rapt with frost
575 “Heaven” has different Signs—to m… Sometimes, I think that Noon Is but a symbol of the Place— And when again, at Dawn,
Lightly stepped a yellow star To its lofty place - Loosed the Moon her silver hat From her lustral Face - All of Evening softly lit
434 To love thee Year by Year— May less appear Than sacrifice, and cease— However, dear,
XXII I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
I dwell in Possibility – A fairer House than Prose – More numerous of Windows – Superior – for Doors – Of Chambers as the Cedars –
137 Flowers—Well—if anybody Can the ecstasy define— Half a transport—half a trouble— With which flowers humble men:
257 Delight is as the flight— Or in the Ratio of it, As the Schools would say— The Rainbow’s way—
309 For largest Woman’s Hearth I kne… ’Tis little I can do— And yet the largest Woman’s Heart Could hold an Arrow—too—