#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
A clock stopped—not the mantel’s Geneva’s farthest skill Can’t put the puppet bowing That just now dangled still. An awe came on the trinket!
LIX I TOOK my power in my hand And went against the world; ’T was not so much as David had, But I was twice as bold.
603 He found my Being—set it up— Adjusted it to place— Then carved his name—upon it— And bade it to the East
853 When One has given up One’s life The parting with the rest Feels easy, as when Day lets go Entirely the West
26 It’s all I have to bring today— This, and my heart beside— This, and my heart, and all the fi… And all the meadows wide—
A chilly Peace infests the Grass The Sun respectful lies - Not any Trance of industry These shadows scrutinize - Whose Allies go no more astray
XLIX WE outgrow love like other things And put it in the drawer, Till it an antique fashion shows Like costumes grandsires wore.
458 Like eyes that looked on Wastes— Incredulous of Ought But Blank—and steady Wilderness— Diversified by Night—
763 He told a homely tale And spotted it with tears— Upon his infant face was set The Cicatrice of years—
Remembrance has a Rear and Front… ’Tis something like a House - It has a Garret also For Refuse and the Mouse. Besides the deepest Cellar
809 Unable are the Loved to die For Love is Immortality, Nay, it is Deity— Unable they that love—to die
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…
60 Like her the Saints retire, In their Chapeaux of fire, Martial as she! Like her the Evenings steal
292 If your Nerve, deny you— Go above your Nerve— He can lean against the Grave, If he fear to swerve—
Declaiming Waters none may dread… But Waters that are still Are so for that most fatal cause In Nature– they are full –
