#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
MINE by the right of the white e… Mine by the royal seal! Mine by the sign in the scarlet pr… Bars cannot conceal! Mine, here in vision and in veto!
‘Faith’ is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see’— But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
493 The World—stands—solemner—to me— Since I was wed—to Him— A modesty befits the soul That bears another’s—name—
On this wondrous sea Sailing silently, Ho! Pilot, ho! Knowest thou the shore Where no breakers roar—
869 Because the Bee may blameless hum For Thee a Bee do I become List even unto Me. Because the Flowers unafraid
236 If He dissolve – then – there is… Eclipse – at Midnight – It was dark – before – Sunset – at Easter –
637 The Child’s faith is new— Whole—like His Principle— Wide—like the Sunrise On fresh Eyes—
382 For Death—or rather For the Things 'twould buy— This—put away Life’s Opportunity—
The Sun kept setting—setting—stil… No Hue of Afternoon— Upon the Village I perceived From House to House ’twas Noon— The Dusk kept dropping—dropping—s…
XXXVIII THROUGH the straight pass of su… The martyrs even trod, Their feet upon temptation, Their faces upon God.
17 Baffled for just a day or two— Embarrassed—not afraid— Encounter in my garden An unexpected Maid.
657 I dwell in Possibility— A fairer House than Prose— More numerous of Windows— Superior—for Doors—
367 Over and over, like a Tune— The Recollection plays— Drums off the Phantom Battlements Cornets of Paradise—
XLV DELIGHT becomes pictorial When viewed through pain,— More fair, because impossible That any gain.
LXII BEFORE I got my eye put out, I liked as well to see As other creatures that have eyes, And know no other way.
