What Soft--Cherubic Creatures-...

What Soft--Cherubic Creatures--
These Gentlewomen are--
One would as soon assault a Plush--
Or violate a Star

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?

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.

Expectation is contentment - G...

Expectation is contentment - Gain satiety.

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.

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'

These are the days when birds ...

These are the days when birds come back, a very few, a Bird or two, to take a backward look.

A precious, mouldering pleasur...

A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is, to meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege I think.

They say that 'Time assuagesЂќ...

They say that 'Time assuagesЂќ - Time never did assuage - An actual suffering strengthens As Sinews do, with age - Time is a Test of Trouble - But not a Remedy - If such it prove, it prove too There was no Malady

I cannot live with you, It wou...

I cannot live with you, It would be life, And life is over there Behind the shelf

I never saw a moor, I never sa...

I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Nor visited in Heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot, As if a chart were given.

My friends are my estate. Forg...

My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them. They tell me those who were poor early have different views of gold. I don't know how that is. God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him.

My Life had stood - a Loaded G...

My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun - In Corners - till a Day The Owner passed - identified - And carried Me away -

Write me of hope and love, and...

Write me of hope and love, and hearts that endured.

The only secret people keep is...

The only secret people keep is immortality.

It is finished, is never said ...

It is finished, is never said of us