#AmericanWriters
777 The Loneliness One dare not sound… And would as soon surmise As in its Grave go plumbing To ascertain the size—
586 We talked as Girls do— Fond, and late— We speculated fair, on every subje… Of ours, none affair—
394 ’Twas Love’—not me’— Oh punish’—pray’— The Real one died for Thee’— Just Him’—not me’—
676 Least Bee that brew— A Honey’s Weight Content Her smallest fraction hel… The Amber Quantity—
179 If I could bribe them by a Rose I’d bring them every flower that g… From Amherst to Cashmere! I would not stop for night, or sto…
Volcanoes be in Sicily And South America I judge from my Geography - Volcanos nearer here A Lava step at any time
44 If she had been the Mistletoe And I had been the Rose— How gay upon your table My velvet life to close—
To flee from memory Had we the Wings Many would fly Inured to slower things Birds with surprise
236 If He dissolve – then – there is… Eclipse – at Midnight – It was dark – before – Sunset – at Easter –
LXXXII THERE’S a certain slant of ligh… On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
It was not death, for I stood up, And all the dead lie down; It was not night, for all the bell… Put out their tongues, for noon. It was not frost, for on my flesh
378 I saw no Way—The Heavens were st… I felt the Columns close— The Earth reversed her Hemisphere… I touched the Universe—
593 I think I was enchanted When first a sombre Girl— I read that Foreign Lady— The Dark—felt beautiful—
Witchcraft has not a Pedigree ’Tis early as our Breath And mourners meet it going out The moment of our death—
466 ’Tis little I—could care for Pear… Who own the ample sea— Or Brooches—when the Emperor— With Rubies—pelteth me—