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Joy to have merited the Pain
Joy to have merited the Pain
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Joy to have merited the Pain-
To merit the Release-
Joy to have perished every step-
To Compass Paradise<…
I've seen a Dying Eye
I've seen a Dying Eye
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I've seen a Dying Eye
Run round and round a Room-
In search of Something-as it seemed-
Then Cloudier become-
I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
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I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
In a Cathedral Aisle,
And understood no word it said-
Yet he…
I've none to tell me to but Thee
I've none to tell me to but Thee
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I've none to tell me to but Thee
So when Thou failest, nobody.
It was a little tie-
It just held Tw…
It's such a little thing to weep
It's such a little thing to weep
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It's such a little thing to weep-
So short a thing to sigh-
And yet-by Trades-the size of these
We m…
It's easy to invent a Life
It's easy to invent a Life
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It's easy to invent a Life-
God does it-every DayCreation-
but the Gambol
Of His Authority
It's all I have to bring today
It's all I have to bring today
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It's all I have to bring today-
This, and my heart beside-
This, and my heart, and all the fields-
And a…
It would have starved a Gnat
It would have starved a Gnat
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It would have starved a Gnat-
To live so small as I-
And yet I was a living Child-
With Food's necessity …
It was too late for Man
It was too late for Man
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It was too late for Man-
But early, yet, for GodCreation-
impotent to help-
But Prayer-remained-Our Side-
It was given to me by the Gods
It was given to me by the Gods
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It was given to me by the Gods-
When I was a little Girl-
They given us Presents most-you know-
When we…
It troubled me as once I was
It troubled me as once I was
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It troubled me as once I was-
For I was once a Child-
Concluding how an Atom-fell-
And yet the Heavens-he…
It struck me every day
It struck me every day
It struck me every day
The lightning was as new
As if the cloud that instant slit
And let the fire through.
It b…
It might be lonelier
It might be lonelier
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It might be lonelier
Without the LonelinessI'm
so accustomed to my Fate-
Perhaps the Other-Peace-
Wo…
It knew no Medicine
It knew no Medicine
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It knew no Medicine-
It was not Sickness-then-
Nor any need of Surgery-
And therefore-'twas not Pain-
I…
It is a lonesome Glee
It is a lonesome Glee
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It is a lonesome Glee-
Yet sanctifies the Mind-
With fair association-
Afar upon the Wind
A Bird to …
It is easy to work when the soul is at play
It is easy to work when the soul is at play
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It is easy to work when the soul is at play-
But when the soul is in pain-
The hearing him put …
It dropped so low in my regard
It dropped so low in my regard
It dropped so low in my regard
I heard it hit the ground,
And go to pieces on the stones
At bottom of my mind;
It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did
It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did
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It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did—
I run it over—"Dead", Brain, "Dead."
Put it in Lat…
It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon
It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon
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It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon-
The Flower-distinct and Red-
I, passing, thought another Noon
It ceased to hurt me, though so slow
It ceased to hurt me, though so slow
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It ceased to hurt me, though so slow
I could not feel the Anguish go-
But only knew by looking back-<…
Is Bliss then, such Abyss
Is Bliss then, such Abyss
340
Is Bliss then, such Abyss,
I must not put my foot amiss
For fear I spoil my shoe?
I'd rather …
Is it true, dear Sue?
Is it true, dear Sue?
218
Is it true, dear Sue?
Are there two?
I shouldn't like to come
For fear of joggling Him!
If I could shut…
In Winter in my Room
In Winter in my Room
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In Winter in my Room
I came upon a Worm-
Pink, lank and warm-
But as he was a worm
And worms presume
In lands I never saw—they say
In lands I never saw—they say
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In lands I never saw—they say
Immortal Alps look down—
Whose Bonnets touch the firmament—
Whose Sanda…