#AmericanWriters
343 My Reward for Being, was This. My premium—My Bliss— An Admiralty, less— A Sceptre—penniless—
821 Away from Home are some and I— An Emigrant to be In a Metropolis of Homes Is easy, possibly—
99 New feet within my garden go— New fingers stir the sod— A Troubadour upon the Elm Betrays the solitude.
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers— Untouched by Morning— and untouched by noon— Sleep the meek members of the Res… Rafter of Satin and Roof of Ston…
348 I would not paint—a picture— I’d rather be the One It’s bright impossibility To dwell—delicious—on—
729 Alter! When the Hills do— Falter! When the Sun Question if His Glory Be the Perfect One—
461 A Wife—at daybreak I shall be— Sunrise—Hast thou a Flag for me? At Midnight, I am but a Maid, How short it takes to make a Brid…
171 Wait till the Majesty of Death Invests so mean a brow! Almost a powdered Footman Might dare to touch it now!
980 Purple—is fashionable twice— This season of the year, And when a soul perceives itself To be an Emperor.
172 ’Tis so much joy! ’Tis so much jo… If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I, Have ventured all upon a throw!
497 He strained my faith— Did he find it supple? Shook my strong trust— Did it then—yield?
The going from a world we know To one a wonder still Is like the child’s adversity Whose vista is a hill, Behind the hill is sorcery
222 When Katie walks, this simple pai… When Katie runs unwearied they fo… When Katie kneels, their loving h… Ah! Katie! Smile at Fortune, wit…
8 There is a word Which bears a sword Can pierce an armed man— It hurls its barbed syllables
575 “Heaven” has different Signs—to m… Sometimes, I think that Noon Is but a symbol of the Place— And when again, at Dawn,