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A little bread-a crust-a crumb
A little bread-a crust-a crumb
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A little bread-a crust-a crumb-
A little trust-a demijohn-
Can keep the soul alive-
Not portly, mind! b…
A little road not made man
A little road not made man
A little road not made of man,
Enabled of the eye,
Accessible to thill of bee,
Or cart of butterfly.
I…
A Lady red-amid the Hill
A Lady red-amid the Hill
74
A Lady red-amid the Hill
Her annual secret keeps!
A Lady white, within the Field
In placid Lily sleeps!
A happy lip-breaks sudden
A happy lip-breaks sudden
353
A happy lip-breaks sudden-
It doesn't state you how
It contemplated-smiling-
Just consummated-now-
But…
A first Mute Coming
A first Mute Coming
702
A first Mute Coming-
In the Stranger's House-
A first fair Going-
When the Bells rejoice-
A first Excha…
A Dying Tiger-moaned for Drink
A Dying Tiger-moaned for Drink
566
A Dying Tiger-moaned for Drink-
I hunted all the Sand-
I caught the Dripping of a Rock
And bore it in …
A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
816
A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
Who till they died, did not alive become-
Who had they lived, had …
A doubt if it be Us
A doubt if it be Us
859
A doubt if it be Us
Assists the staggering Mind
In an extremer Anguish
Until it footing find.
A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
895
A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
Superior Glory be
But that Cloud and its Auxiliaries
Are forever lost t…
A darting fear-a pomp-a tear
A darting fear-a pomp-a tear
87
A darting fear-a pomp-a tear-
A waking on a morn
To find that what one waked for,
Inhales the different …
A Charm invests a face
A Charm invests a face
421
A Charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld-
The Lady date not lift her Veil
For fear it be dispelled-
A Book
A Book
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest …
Why do I love You, Sir?
"Why do I love" You, Sir?
480
"Why do I love" You, Sir?
Because-
The Wind does not require the Grass
To answer-Wherefore when He pass
Morning-means Milking-to the Farmer
"Morning"-means "Milking"-to the Farmer
300
"Morning"-means "Milking"-to the FarmerDawn-
to the TeneriffeDice-
to the Maid-
Morning means …
Houses so the Wise Men tell me
"Houses"-so the Wise Men tell me
127
"Houses"-so the Wise Men tell me"
Mansions"! Mansions must be warm!
Mansions cannot let the tears in,
Heaven-is what I cannot reach!
"Heaven"-is what I cannot reach!
239
"Heaven"-is what I cannot reach!
The Apple on the Tree-
Provided it do hopeless-hangThat-"
Heaven" i…
Arcturus is his other name
"Arcturus" is his other name
70
"Arcturus" is his other nameI'd
rather call him "Star."
It's very mean of Science
To go and interfere! …
Faith is a fine invention
"Faith" is a fine invention
185
"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see-
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.
You Never Can Tell
You Never Can Tell
You never can tell when you send a word,
Like an arrow shot from a bow
By an archer blind, be it cruel or kind,
Just where it ma…
Worthy The Name of Sir Knight
Worthy The Name of Sir Knight
I
Sir Knight of the world's oldest order,
Sir Knight of the Army of God,
You have crossed the strange mystical …
Worldly Wisdom
Worldly Wisdom
If it were in my dead Past’s power
To let my Present bask
In some lost pleasure for an hour,
This is the boon I’d ask:
<…
Words From The Wind
Words From The Wind
I called to the wind of the Winter,
As he sped like a steed on his way,
'Oh! rest for awhile on thy journey,
And answer these q…
Woman
Woman
Give us that grand word ‘woman’ once again,
And let’s have done with ‘lady’: one’s a term
Full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm,
Woman To Man
Woman To Man
You do but jest, sir, and you jest not well,
How could the hand be enemy of the arm,
Or seed and sod be rivals! How could light
Feel j…