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486 I was the slightest in the House— I took the smallest Room— At night, my little Lamp, and Boo… And one Geranium—
350 They leave us with the Infinite. But He—is not a man— His fingers are the size of fists— His fists, the size of men—
154 Except to Heaven, she is nought. Except for Angels—lone. Except to some wide-wandering Bee A flower superfluous blown.
636 The Way I read a Letter’s—this— ’Tis first—I lock the Door— And push it with my fingers—next— For transport it be sure—
XVII SHE rose to his requirement, drop… The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.
703 Out of sight? What of that? See the Bird—reach it! Curve by Curve—Sweep by Sweep— Round the Steep Air—
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself,
Whether they have forgotten Or are forgetting now Or never remembered - Safer not to know - Miseries of conjecture
A Death blow is a Life blow to S… Who till they died, did not alive… Who had they lived, had died but w… They died, Vitality begun.
XLVIII THOUGH I get home how late, how… So I get home, ’t will compensate… Better will be the ecstasy That they have done expecting me,
How fits his Umber Coat The Tailor of the Nut? Combined without a seam Like Raiment of a Dream - Who spun the Auburn Cloth?
202 My Eye is fuller than my vase— Her Cargo—is of Dew— And still—my Heart—my Eye outweig… East India—for you!
578 The Body grows without— The more convenient way— That if the Spirit—like to hide Its Temple stands, alway,
A feather from the Whippoorwill That everlasting—sings! Whose galleries—are Sunrise— Whose Opera—the Springs— Whose Emerald Nest the Ages spin
230 We—Bee and I—live by the quaffing… ’Tisn’t all Hock—with us— Life has its Ale— But it’s many a lay of the Dim Bu…