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Water makes many Beds For those averse to sleep - Its awful chamber open stands - Its Curtains blandly sweep - Abhorrent is the Rest
674 The Soul that hath a Guest Doth seldom go abroad— Diviner Crowd at Home— Obliterate the need—
714 Rest at Night The Sun from shining, Nature—and some Men— Rest at Noon—some Men—
767 To offer brave assistance To Lives that stand alone— When One has failed to stop them— Is Human—but Divine
XXI HE ate and drank the precious wor… His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was dust.
35 Nobody knows this little Rose— It might a pilgrim be Did I not take it from the ways And lift it up to thee.
432 Do People moulder equally, They bury, in the Grave? I do believe a Species As positively live
672 The Future—never spoke— Nor will He—like the Dumb— Reveal by sign—a syllable Of His Profound To Come—
669 No Romance sold unto Could so enthrall a Man As the perusal of His Individual One—
722 Sweet Mountains—Ye tell me no lie… Never deny Me—Never fly— Those same unvarying Eyes Turn on Me—when I fail—or feign,
271 A solemn thing—it was—I said— A woman—white—to be— And wear—if God should count me f… Her blameless mystery—
557 She hideth Her the last— And is the first, to rise— Her Night doth hardly recompense The Closing of Her eyes—
XXII I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
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—
After great pain a formal feeling… The nerves sit ceremonious like to… The stiff Heart questions—was it… And yesterday—or centuries before? The feet, mechanical, go round