#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
244 It is easy to work when the soul i… But when the soul is in pain— The hearing him put his playthings… Makes work difficult—then—
497 He strained my faith— Did he find it supple? Shook my strong trust— Did it then—yield?
14 One Sister have I in our house, And one, a hedge away. There’s only one recorded, But both belong to me.
273 He put the Belt around my life I heard the Buckle snap— And turned away, imperial, My Lifetime folding up—
853 When One has given up One’s life The parting with the rest Feels easy, as when Day lets go Entirely the West
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…
232 The Sun—just touched the Morning— The Morning—Happy thing— Supposed that He had come to dwel… And Life would all be Spring!
765 You constituted Time— I deemed Eternity A Revelation of Yourself— ’Twas therefore Deity
504 You know that Portrait in the Moo… So tell me who ’tis like— The very Brow—the stooping eyes— A fog for—Say—Whose Sake?
603 He found my Being—set it up— Adjusted it to place— Then carved his name—upon it— And bade it to the East
1035 Bee! I’m expecting you! Was saying Yesterday To Somebody you know That you were due—
Ample make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight,
480 “Why do I love” You, Sir? Because— The Wind does not require the Gra… To answer—Wherefore when He pass
798 She staked her Feathers—Gained an… Debated—Rose again— This time—beyond the estimate Of Envy, or of Men—
884 As Everywhere of Silver With Ropes of Sand To keep it from effacing The Track called Land.
