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116 I had some things that I called m… And God, that he called his, Till, recently a rival Claim Disturbed these amities.
27 Morns like these—we parted— Noons like these—she rose— Fluttering first—then firmer To her fair repose.
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—
150 She died—this was the way she died… And when her breath was done Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun—
649 Her Sweet turn to leave the Homes… Came the Darker Way— Carriages—Be Sure—and Guests—too… But for Holiday
477 No Man can compass a Despair— As round a Goalless Road No faster than a Mile at once The Traveller proceed—
767 To offer brave assistance To Lives that stand alone— When One has failed to stop them— Is Human—but Divine
CXXVIII I heard a fly buzz when I died; The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in the air Between the heaves of storm.
185 “Faith” is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see— But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
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,
VII WITHIN my reach! I could have touched! I might have chanced that way! Soft sauntered through the village…
There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take
562 Conjecturing a Climate Of unsuspended Suns— Adds poignancy to Winter— The Shivering Fancy turns
The Butterfly in honored Dust Assuredly will lie But none will pass the Catacomb So chastened as the Fly -
584 It ceased to hurt me, though so sl… I could not feel the Anguish go— But only knew by looking back— That something—had benumbed the T…