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643 I could suffice for Him, I knew— He—could suffice for Me— Yet Hesitating Fractions—Both Surveyed Infinity—
851 When the Astronomer stops seeking For his Pleiad’s Face— When the lone British Lady Forsakes the Arctic Race
Safe in their alabaster chambers, Untouched by morning and untouched… Sleep the meek members of the resu… Rafter of satin, and roof of stone… Light laughs the breeze in her cas…
202 My Eye is fuller than my vase— Her Cargo—is of Dew— And still—my Heart—my Eye outweig… East India—for you!
972 Unfulfilled to Observation— Incomplete—to Eye— But to Faith—a Revolution In Locality—
372 I know lives, I could miss Without a Misery— Others—whose instant’s wanting— Would be Eternity—
115 What Inn is this Where for the night Peculiar Traveller comes? Who is the Landlord?
48 Once more, my now bewildered Dove Bestirs her puzzled wings Once more her mistress, on the dee… Her troubled question flings—
867 Escaping backward to perceive The Sea upon our place— Escaping forward, to confront His glittering Embrace—
These—saw Visions— Latch them softly— These—held Dimples— Smooth them slow— This—addressed departing accents—
208 The Rose did caper on her cheek— Her Bodice rose and fell— Her pretty speech—like drunken men… Did stagger pitiful—
1763 Fame is a bee. It has a song— It has a sting— Ah, too, it has a wing.
Part One: Life LIV EXPERIMENT to me Is every one I meet. If it contain a kernel?
241 I like a look of Agony, Because I know it’s true— Men do not sham Convulsion, Nor simulate, a Throe—
268 Me, change! Me, alter! Then I will, when on the Everlast… A Smaller Purple grows— At sunset, or a lesser glow