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506 He touched me, so I live to know That such a day, permitted so, I groped upon his breast— It was a boundless place to me
1763 Fame is a bee. It has a song— It has a sting— Ah, too, it has a wing.
863 That Distance was between Us That is not of Mile or Main— The Will it is that situates— Equator—never can—
To die—takes just a little while— They say it doesn’t hurt— It’s only fainter—by degrees— And then—it’s out of sight— A darker Ribbon—for a Day—
917 Love—is anterior to Life— Posterior—to Death— Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth—
Epigram THIS is my letter to the world, That never wrote to me,— The simple news that Nature told, With tender majesty.
266 This—is the land—the Sunset washe… These—are the Banks of the Yellow… Where it rose—or whither it rushes… These—are the Western Mystery!
858 This Chasm, Sweet, upon my life I mention it to you, When Sunrise through a fissure dr… The Day must follow too.
951 As Frost is best conceived By force of its Result— Affliction is inferred By subsequent effect—
VIII A wounded deer leaps highest, I ’ve heard the hunter tell; ’T is but the ecstasy of death, And then the brake is still.
756 One Blessing had I than the rest So larger to my Eyes That I stopped gauging—satisfied— For this enchanted size—
515 No Crowd that has occurred Exhibit—I suppose That General Attendance That Resurrection—does—
995 This was in the White of the Year… That—was in the Green— Drifts were as difficult then to t… As Daisies now to be seen—
A slash of Blue— A sweep of Gray— Some scarlet patches on the way, Compose an Evening Sky— A little purple—slipped between—
631 Ourselves were wed one summer—dear… Your Vision—was in June— And when Your little Lifetime fai… I wearied—too—of mine—