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The Devil—had he fidelity Would be the best friend— Because he has ability— But Devils cannot mend— Perfidy is the virtue
569 I reckon—when I count at all— First—Poets—Then the Sun— Then Summer—Then the Heaven of G… And then—the List is done—
How firm Eternity must look To crumbling men like me The only Adamant Estate In all Identity - How mighty to the insecure
446 I showed her Heights she never sa… “Would’st Climb,” I said? She said—"Not so"— “With me—” I said—With me?
Volcanoes be in Sicily And South America I judge from my Geography - Volcanos nearer here A Lava step at any time
350 They leave us with the Infinite. But He—is not a man— His fingers are the size of fists— His fists, the size of men—
86 South Winds jostle them— Bumblebees come— Hover—hesitate— Dri nk, and are gone—
180 As if some little Arctic flower Upon the polar hem— Went wandering down the Latitudes Until it puzzled came
917 Love—is anterior to Life— Posterior—to Death— Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth—
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…
I breathed enough to learn the tri… And now, removed from air, I simulate the breath so well, That one, to be quite sure The lungs are stirless, must desce…
On this wondrous sea Sailing silently, Ho! Pilot, ho! Knowest thou the shore Where no breakers roar—
671 She dwelleth in the Ground— Where Daffodils—abide— Her Maker—Her Metropolis— The Universe—Her Maid—
608 Afraid! Of whom am I afraid? Not Death—for who is He? The Porter of my Father’s Lodge As much abasheth me!
271 A solemn thing—it was—I said— A woman—white—to be— And wear—if God should count me f… Her blameless mystery—