#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
XVII SHE rose to his requirement, drop… The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.
CXXXVI I STEPPED from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea.
137 Flowers—Well—if anybody Can the ecstasy define— Half a transport—half a trouble— With which flowers humble men:
595 Like Mighty Foot Lights—burned t… At Bases of the Trees— The far Theatricals of Day Exhibiting—to These—
128 Bring me the sunset in a cup, Reckon the morning’s flagons up And say how many Dew, Tell me how far the morning leaps—
936 This Dust, and its Feature— Accredited—Today—Will in a s… Cease to identify— This Mind, and its measure—
225 Jesus! thy Crucifix Enable thee to guess The smaller size! Jesus! thy second face
The going from a world we know To one a wonder still Is like the child’s adversity Whose vista is a hill, Behind the hill is sorcery
Me prove it now—Whoever doubt Me stop to prove it—now— Make haste—the Scruple! Death be… For Opportunity— The River reaches to my feet—
XLV DELIGHT becomes pictorial When viewed through pain,— More fair, because impossible That any gain.
Renunciation—is a piercing Virtue… The letting go A Presence—for an Expectation— Not now— The putting out of Eyes—
LXXXV A LIGHT exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is scarcely here
Witchcraft has not a Pedigree ’Tis early as our Breath And mourners meet it going out The moment of our death—
By homely gift and hindered Words The human heart is told Of Nothing - ‘Nothing’ is the force That renovates the World -
868 They ask but our Delight— The Darlings of the Soil And grant us all their Countenanc… For a penurious smile.
