#AmericanWriters
71 A throe upon the features— A hurry in the breath— An ecstasy of parting Denominated “Death”—
When a Lover is a Beggar Abject is his Knee - When a Lover is an Owner Different is he - What he begged is then the Beggar…
131 Besides the Autumn poets sing A few prosaic days A little this side of the snow And that side of the Haze—
621 I asked no other thing— No other—was denied— I offered Being—for it— The Mighty Merchant sneered—
929 How far is it to Heaven? As far as Death this way— Of River or of Ridge beyond Was no discovery.
283 A Mien to move a Queen— Half Child—Half Heroine— An Orleans in the Eye That puts its manner by
The brain within its groove Runs evenly and true; But let a splinter swerve, ‘T were easier for you To put the water back
955 The Hollows round His eager Eyes Were Pages where to read Pathetic Histories—although Himself had not complained.
444 It feels a shame to be Alive— When Men so brave—are dead— One envies the Distinguished Dust… Permitted—such a Head—
XXXVII LOVE is anterior to life, Posterior to death, Initial of creation, and The exponent of breath.
Me! Come! My dazzled face In such a shining place! Me! Hear! My foreign ear The sounds of welcome near! The saints shall meet
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself,
230 We—Bee and I—live by the quaffing… ’Tisn’t all Hock—with us— Life has its Ale— But it’s many a lay of the Dim Bu…
Image of Light, Adieu - Thanks for the interview - So long– so short – Preceptor of the whole - Coeval Cardinal -
312 Her—“last Poems”— Poets—ended— Silver—perished—with her Tongue— Not on Record—bubbled other,