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Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!
Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!
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Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!
Some Vision of the World Cashmere—
I confidently see!
Or else …
Soil of Flint, if steady tilled
Soil of Flint, if steady tilled
681
Soil of Flint, if steady tilled-
Will refund by Hand-
Seed of Palm, by Libyan Sun
Fructified in Sand-
So the Eyes accost—and sunder
So the Eyes accost—and sunder
752
So the Eyes accost—and sunder
In an Audience—
Stamped—occasionally—forever—
So may Countenance
…
So proud she was to die
So proud she was to die
So proud she was to die
It made us all ashamed
That what we cherished, so unknown
To her desire seemed.
So sati…
So from the mould
So from the mould
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So from the mould
Scarlet and Gold
Many a Bulb will rise-
Hidden away, cunningly, From sagacious eyes.
…
So has a Daisy vanished
So has a Daisy vanished
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So has a Daisy vanished
From the fields today-
So tiptoed many a slipper
To Paradise away-
Oozed s…
Smiling back from Coronation
Smiling back from Coronation
385
Smiling back from Coronation
May be Luxury-
On the Heads that started with usBeing's
Peasantry-
Snow flakes
Snow flakes
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Snow flakes.
I counted till they danced so
Their slippers leaped the town,
And then I took a pencil
To note …
Size circumscribes—it has no room
Size circumscribes—it has no room
641
Size circumscribes—it has no room
For petty furniture—
The Giant tolerates no Gnat
For Ease of Gi…
Should you but fail at—Sea
Should you but fail at—Sea
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Should you but fail at—Sea—
In sight of me—
Or doomed lie—
Next Sun—to die—
Or rap—at Paradise—unh…
She sweeps with many-colored brooms,
She sweeps with many-colored brooms,
She sweeps with many-colored brooms,
And leaves the shreds behind;
Oh, housewife in the evening west,
Come bac…
Shells from the Coast mistaking
Shells from the Coast mistaking
693
Shells from the Coast mistaking-
I cherished them for All-
Happening in After Ages
To entertain a Pea…
She rose to His Requirement
She rose to His Requirement
732
She rose to His Requirement-dropt
The Playthings of Her Life
To take the honorable Work
Of Woman, and o…
She sped as Petals of a Rose
She sped as Petals of a Rose
991
She sped as Petals of a Rose
Offended by the Wind-
A frail Aristocrat of Time
Indemnity to find-
L…
She hideth Her the last
She hideth Her the last
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She hideth Her the last-
And is the first, to rise-
Her Night doth hardly recompense
The Closing of Her eyes-…
She died—this was the way she died
She died—this was the way she died
150
She died—this was the way she died.
And when her breath was done
Took up her simple wardrobe
And…
She dealt her pretty words like Blades
She dealt her pretty words like Blades
479
She dealt her pretty words like Blades-
How glittering they shone-
And every One unbared a Nerve
Sexton! My Master's sleeping here
Sexton! My Master's sleeping here
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Sexton! My Master's sleeping here.
Pray lead me to his bed!
I came to build the Bird's nest,
And s…
Savior! I've no one else to tell
Savior! I've no one else to tell
217
Savior! I've no one else to tell-
And so I trouble thee.
I am the one forgot thee so-
Dost thou reme…
Robbed by Death—but that was easy
Robbed by Death—but that was easy
971
Robbed by Death—but that was easy—
To the failing Eye
I could hold the latest Glowing—
Robbed by …
Renunciation
Renunciation
Renunciation -- is a piercing Virtue --
The letting go
A Presence -- for an Expectation --
Not now --
The putting out of Eyes…
Reverse cannot befall
Reverse cannot befall
395
Reverse cannot befall
That fine Prosperity
Whose Sources are interior-
As soon-Adversity
A Diamond…
Read—Sweet—how others—strove
Read—Sweet—how others—strove
260
Read—Sweet—how others—strove—
Till we—are stouter—
What they—renounced—
Till we—are less afraid—
Remorse
Remorse
Remorse -- is Memory -- awake --
Her Parties all astir --
A Presence of Departed Acts --
At window -- and at Door --
Its Past…