#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
7 The feet of people walking home With gayer sandals go— The Crocus—til she rises The Vassal of the snow—
183 I’ve heard an Organ talk, sometim… In a Cathedral Aisle, And understood no word it said— Yet held my breath, the while—
822 This Consciousness that is aware Of Neighbors and the Sun Will be the one aware of Death And that itself alone
100 A science—so the Savants say, “Comparative Anatomy”— By which a single bone— Is made a secret to unfold
Warm in her Hand these accents li… While faithful and afar The Grace so awkward for her sake Its fond subjection wear -
974 The Soul’s distinct connection With immortality Is best disclosed by Danger Or quick Calamity—
917 Love—is anterior to Life— Posterior—to Death— Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth—
883 The Poets light but Lamps— Themselves—go out— The Wicks they stimulate— If vital Light
269 Bound—a trouble— And lives can bear it! Limit—how deep a bleeding go! So—many—drops—of vital scarlet—
139 Soul, Wilt thou toss again? By just such a hazard Hundreds have lost indeed— But tens have won an all—
If ever the lid gets off my head And lets the brain away The fellow will go where he belong… Without a hint from me, And the world– if the world be lo…
121 As Watchers hang upon the East, As Beggars revel at a feast By savory Fancy spread— As brooks in deserts babble sweet
736 Have any like Myself Investigating March, New Houses on the Hill descried— And possibly a Church—
Because I could not stop for Deat… He kindly stopped for me– The Carriage held but just Oursel… And Immortality. We slowly drove– He knew no haste
367 Over and over, like a Tune— The Recollection plays— Drums off the Phantom Battlements Cornets of Paradise—