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'They Have Not Chosen Me,' He Said
'They Have Not Chosen Me,' He Said
'They have not chosen me,' he said,
'But I have chosen them!'
Brave—Broken hearted statement—
Uttered in Bethleh…
They dropped like flakes
They dropped like flakes
They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,
Like petals from a rose,
When suddenly across the lune
A wind with fing…
These tested Our Horizon
These tested Our Horizon
886
These tested Our Horizon-
Then disappeared
As Birds before achieving
A Latitude.
Our Retrospect…
They ask but our Delight
They ask but our Delight
868
They ask but our Delight-
The Darlings of the Soil
And grant us all their Countenance
For a penurious smile.
There's a certain Slant of light (258)
There's a certain Slant of light (258)
There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons--
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes--
There's something quieter than sleep
There's something quieter than sleep
45
There's something quieter than sleep
Within this inner room!
It wears a sprig upon its breast-
A…
There is a word
There is a word
8
There is a word
Which bears a sword
Can pierce an armed man-
It hurls its barbed syllables
And is mute again-
There is another sky
There is another sky
2
There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;
Ne…
There is a pain—so utter
There is a pain—so utter
599
There is a pain—so utter—
It swallows substance up—
Then covers the Abyss with Trance—
So Memory can step …
There is a Languor of the Life
There is a Languor of the Life
396
There is a Languor of the Life
More imminent than Pain'
Tis Pain's Successor-When the Soul
Has suffer…
There came a Wind like a Bugle
There came a Wind like a Bugle
There cam a Wind like a Bugle -
It quivered through the Grass
And a Green Chill upon the Heat
So ominous did pass
There is a flower that Bees prefer
There is a flower that Bees prefer
380
There is a flower that Bees prefer-
And Butterflies-desire-
To gain the Purple Democrat
The Hummin…
There are two Ripenings—one—of sight
There are two Ripenings—one—of sight
332
There are two Ripenings—one—of sight—
Whose forces Spheric wind
Until the Velvet product
Drop …
The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous
The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous
689
The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous—
We learned to like the Fire
By playing Glaciers—when a Boy—
And …
The World-stands-solemner-to me
The World-stands-solemner-to me
493
The World-stands-solemner-to me-
Since I was wed-to Him-
A modesty befits the soul
That bears another…
The Woodpecker
The Woodpecker
His bill an auger is,
His head, a cap and frill.
He laboreth at every tree,--
A worm his utmost goal.
The wind begun to rock the grass
The wind begun to rock the grass
The wind begun to rock the grass
With threatening tunes and low,--
He flung a menace at the earth,
A menace at the …
The wind trapped like a tired man,
The wind trapped like a tired man,
The wind tapped like a tired man,
And like a host, 'Come in,'
I boldly answered; entered then
My residence withi…
The Way I read a Letter's—this
The Way I read a Letter's—this
636
The Way I read a Letter's—this—
'Tis first—I lock the Door—
And push it with my fingers—next—
For tr…
The Whole of it came not at once
The Whole of it came not at once
762
The Whole of it came not at once'
Twas Murder by degrees-
A Thrust-and then for Life a chance-
The Bl…
The Tint I cannot take—is best
The Tint I cannot take—is best
627
The Tint I cannot take—is best—
The Color too remote
That I could show it in Bazaar—
A Guinea at a s…
The Truth—is stirless
The Truth—is stirless
780
The Truth—is stirless—
Other force—may be presumed to move—
This—then—is best for confidence—
When oldest Ced…
The Sun—just touched the Morning
The Sun—just touched the Morning
232
The Sun—just touched the Morning—
The Morning—Happy thing—
Supposed that He had come to dwell—
And…
The Sunset stopped on Cottages
The Sunset stopped on Cottages
950
The Sunset stopped on Cottages
Where Sunset hence must be
For treason not of His, but Life's,
Gone W…