#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
836 Truth—is as old as God— His Twin identity And will endure as long as He A Co-Eternity—
144 She bore it till the simple veins Traced azure on her hand— Til pleading, round her quiet eyes The purple Crayons stand.
They shut me up in Prose— As when a little Girl They put me in the Closet— Because they liked me “still”— Still! Could themself have peeped…
737 The Moon was but a Chin of Gold A Night or two ago— And now she turns Her perfect Fac… Upon the World below—
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,
966 All forgot for recollecting Just a paltry One— All forsook, for just a Stranger’… New Accompanying—
453 Love — thou art high — I cannot climb thee — But, were it Two — Who knows but we —
593 I think I was enchanted When first a sombre Girl— I read that Foreign Lady— The Dark—felt beautiful—
A little Snow was here and there Disseminated in her Hair - Since she and I had met and playe… Decade had gathered to Decade - But Time had added not obtained
589 The Night was wide, and furnished… With but a single Star— That often as a Cloud it met— Blew out itself—for fear—
914 I cannot be ashamed Because I cannot see The love you offer— Magnitude
476 I meant to have but modest needs— Such as Content—and Heaven— Within my income—these could lie And Life and I—keep even—
892 Who occupies this House? A Stranger I must judge Since No one know His Circumstan… ’Tis well the name and age
539 The Province of the Saved Should be the Art—To save— Through Skill obtained in Themsel… The Science of the Grave
117 In rags mysterious as these The shining Courtiers go— Veiling the purple, and the plumes… Veiling the ermine so.