#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
I felt a cleaving in my mind As if my brain had split; I tried to match it, seam by seam, But could not make them fit. The thought behind I strove to jo…
356 The Day that I was crowned Was like the other Days— Until the Coronation came— And then—'twas Otherwise—
88 As by the dead we love to sit, Become so wondrous dear— As for the lost we grapple Tho’ all the rest are here—
448 This was a Poet—It is That Distills amazing sense From ordinary Meanings— And Attar so immense
927 Absent Place—an April Day— Daffodils a-blow Homesick curiosity To the Souls that snow—
129 Cocoon above! Cocoon below! Stealthy Cocoon, why hide you so What all the world suspect? An hour, and gay on every tree
It sounded as if the Streets were… And then– the Streets stood stil… Eclipse - was all we could see at… And Awe - was all we could feel. By and by - the boldest stole out…
193 I shall know why—when Time is ove… And I have ceased to wonder why— Christ will explain each separate… In the fair schoolroom of the sky—
845 Be Mine the Doom— Sufficient Fame— To perish in Her Hand!
920 We can but follow to the Sun— As oft as He go down He leave Ourselves a Sphere behin… ’Tis mostly—following—
XL THE thought beneath so slight a f… Is more distinctly seen,— As laces just reveal the surge, Or mists the Apennine.
I years had been from home, And now, before the door, I dared not open, lest a face I never saw before Stare vacant into mine
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—
377 To lose one’s faith—surpass The loss of an Estate— Because Estates can be Replenished—faith cannot—
582 Inconceivably solemn! Things go gay Pierce—by the very Press Of Imagery—
