867 Escaping backward to perceive The Sea upon our place— Escaping forward, to confront His glittering Embrace—

475 Doom is the House without the Doo… ’Tis entered from the Sun— And then the Ladder’s thrown away… Because Escape—is done—

631 Ourselves were wed one summer—dear… Your Vision—was in June— And when Your little Lifetime fai… I wearied—too—of mine—

High from the earth I heard a bir… He trod upon the trees As he esteemed them trifles, And then he spied a breeze, And situated softly

974 The Soul’s distinct connection With immortality Is best disclosed by Danger Or quick Calamity—

703 Out of sight? What of that? See the Bird—reach it! Curve by Curve—Sweep by Sweep— Round the Steep Air—

Death leaves Us homesick, who beh… Except that it is gone Are ignorant of its Concern As if it were not born. Through all their former Places,…

XII I ASKED no other thing, No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled.

282 How noteless Men, and Pleiads, st… Until a sudden sky Reveals the fact that One is rapt Forever from the Eye—

642 Me from Myself — to banish — Had I Art — Impregnable my Fortress Unto All Heart —

727 Precious to Me—She still shall be… Though She forget the name I bear… The fashion of the Gown I wear— The very Color of My Hair—

626 Only God—detect the Sorrow— Only God— The Jehovahs—are no Babblers— Unto God—

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,

490 To One denied the drink To tell what Water is Would be acuter, would it not Than letting Him surmise?