#Americans #Women #XIXCentury
I noticed People disappeared When but a little child - Supposed they visited remote Or settled Regions wild - But did because they died
534 We see—Comparatively— The Thing so towering high We could not grasp its segment Unaided—Yesterday—
“I want”—it pleaded—All its life— I want—was chief it said When Skill entreated it—the last— And when so newly dead— I could not deem it late—to hear
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,
742 Four Trees—upon a solitary Acre— Without Design Or Order, or Apparent Action— Maintain—
One need not be a chamber to be ha… One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. Far safer, of a midnight meeting
785 They have a little Odor—that to m… Is metre—nay—’tis melody— And spiciest at fading—indicate— A Habit—of a Laureate—
XCIX THERE is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry.
188 Make me a picture of the sun— So I can hang it in my room— And make believe I’m getting warm When others call it “Day”!
No rack can torture me, My soul’s at liberty Behind this mortal bone There knits a bolder one You cannot prick with saw,
440 ’Tis customary as we part A trinket—to confer— It helps to stimulate the faith When Lovers be afar—
174 At last, to be identified! At last, the lamps upon thy side The rest of Life to see! Past Midnight! Past the Morning…
134 Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower… But I could never sell— If you would like to borrow, Until the Daffodil
XXIV A NARROW fellow in the grass Occasionally rides; You may have met him,—did you not? His notice sudden is.
941 The Lady feeds Her little Bird At rarer intervals— The little Bird would not dissent But meekly recognize
