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Joy to have merited the Pain
Joy to have merited the Pain
788
Joy to have merited the Pain-
To merit the Release-
Joy to have perished every step-
To Com…
I've seen a Dying Eye
I've seen a Dying Eye
547
I've seen a Dying Eye
Run round and round a Room-
In search of Something-as it seemed-
Then Cloud…
I've none to tell me to but Thee
I've none to tell me to but Thee
881
I've none to tell me to but Thee
So when Thou failest, nobody.
It was a little tie-
I…
I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
183
I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
In a Cathedral Aisle,
And understood no word it said-…
It's easy to invent a Life
It's easy to invent a Life
724
It's easy to invent a Life-
God does it-every DayCreation-
but the Gambol
Of His Authority
It's such a little thing to weep
It's such a little thing to weep
189
It's such a little thing to weep-
So short a thing to sigh-
And yet-by Trades-the size of thes…
It's all I have to bring today
It's all I have to bring today
26
It's all I have to bring today-
This, and my heart beside-
This, and my heart, and all the fields…
It would have starved a Gnat
It would have starved a Gnat
612
It would have starved a Gnat-
To live so small as I-
And yet I was a living Child-
With Foo…
It was too late for Man
It was too late for Man
623
It was too late for Man-
But early, yet, for GodCreation-
impotent to help-
But Prayer-remained-…
It was given to me by the Gods
It was given to me by the Gods
454
It was given to me by the Gods-
When I was a little Girl-
They given us Presents most-you know-<…
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 troubled me as once I was
It troubled me as once I was
600
It troubled me as once I was-
For I was once a Child-
Concluding how an Atom-fell-
And yet …
It might be lonelier
It might be lonelier
405
It might be lonelier
Without the LonelinessI'm
so accustomed to my Fate-
Perhaps the Other-Peace-…
It knew no Medicine
It knew no Medicine
559
It knew no Medicine-
It was not Sickness-then-
Nor any need of Surgery-
And therefore-'twas not Pain…
It is easy to work when the soul is at play
It is easy to work when the soul is at play
244
It is easy to work when the soul is at play-
But when the soul is in pain-
The hear…
It is a lonesome Glee
It is a lonesome Glee
774
It is a lonesome Glee-
Yet sanctifies the Mind-
With fair association-
Afar upon the Wind
…
It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did
It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did
426
It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did—
I run it over—"Dead", Brain, "Dead."
P…
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 m…
It ceased to hurt me, though so slow
It ceased to hurt me, though so slow
584
It ceased to hurt me, though so slow
I could not feel the Anguish go-
But only knew by lo…
It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon
It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon
978
It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon-
The Flower-distinct and Red-
I, passing, thought anoth…
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?
<…
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!
…
In Winter in my Room
In Winter in my Room
1670
In Winter in my Room
I came upon a Worm-
Pink, lank and warm-
But as he was a worm
And wo…
In lands I never saw—they say
In lands I never saw—they say
124
In lands I never saw—they say
Immortal Alps look down—
Whose Bonnets touch the firmament—