Death is a supple suitor, tha...

Death is a supple suitor, that wins at last. It is a stealthy wooing; conducted first by pallid innuendos and dim approach, but brave at last with bugles.

Twin loaves of bread have jus...

Twin loaves of bread have just been born into the world under my auspices. Fine children, the image of their mother. And here, my dear friend, is the glory.

I dwell in Possibility A fair...

I dwell in Possibility A fairer house than Prose More numerous of Windows Superior — for Doors.

I do not know the man so bold...

I do not know the man so bold He dare in lonely Place That awful stranger Consciousness Deliberately face-.

Answer July-
Where is the Be...

Answer July-
Where is the Bee-
Where is the Blush-
Where is the Hay?

Ah, said July-
Where is the Seed-
Where is the Bud-
Where is the May-
Answer Thee-Me-

Of Consciousness, her awful M...

Of Consciousness, her awful Mate. The Soul cannot be rid - as easy the secreting her behind the Eyes of God.

Not one of all the purple hos...

Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition So clear of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Break agonized and clear.

A Bayonet's contrition is not...

A Bayonet's contrition is nothing to the dead.

By Chivalries as tiny, A Blos...

By Chivalries as tiny, A Blossom, or a Book, The seeds of smiles are planted- Which Blossom in the dark.

Heavenly Father - take to the...

Heavenly Father - take to thee The supreme iniquity Fashioned by thy candid Hand In a moment contraband - Though to trust us seem to us More respectful - We are Dust - We apologize to thee For thine own Duplicity.

How dreary - to be - somebody!...

How dreary - to be - somebody! How public - like a frog - to tell your name - the livelong June - to an admiring bog!

I . . . am small, like the wre...

I . . . am small, like the wren, and my hair is bold like the chestnut burr; and my eyes like the sherry in the glass that the guest leaves.

The dandelion's pallid tube

The dandelion's pallid tube
Astonishes the grass,
And winter instantly becomes
An infinite alas.

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Some keep the Sabbath going to...

Some keep the Sabbath going to church, I keep it staying at home, with a bobolink for a chorister, and an orchard for a dome.

My love for those I love -- no...

My love for those I love -- not many -- not very many, but don't I love them so?

Expectation is contentment - G...

Expectation is contentment - Gain satiety.

We do not play on GravesЂ' Bec...

We do not play on GravesЂ' Because there isn't RoomЂ' BesidesЂ'it isn't evenЂ'it slants And People comeЂ' And put a Flower on itЂ' And hang their faces soЂ' We're fearing that their Hearts will dropЂ' And crush our pretty playЂ' And so we move as far As EnemiesЂ'awayЂ' Just looking round to see how far It isЂ'OccasionallyЂ'

He fumbles at your spirit As p...

He fumbles at your spirit As players at the keys Before they drop full music on; He stuns you by degrees. Prepares your brittle substance For the ethereal blow by fainter hammers, further heard, Then nearer, then so slow Your breath has time to straighten Your brain to bubble cool,- Deals one imperial thunderbolt That scalps your naked soul.

My best Acquaintances are thos...

My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word

Apparently with no surprise To...

Apparently with no surprise To any happy Flower The Frost beheads it at its play -- In accidental power -- The blonde Assassin passes on -- The Sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another Day For an Approving God.