#AmericanWriters
765 You constituted Time— I deemed Eternity A Revelation of Yourself— ’Twas therefore Deity
A great Hope fell You heard no noise The Ruin was within Oh cunning wreck that told no tale And let no Witness in
874 They won’t frown always—some sweet… When I forget to tease— They’ll recollect how cold I look… And how I just said “Please.”
415 Sunset at Night—is natural— But Sunset on the Dawn Reverses Nature—Master— So Midnight's—due—at Noon.
107 ’Twas such a little—little boat That toddled down the bay! ’Twas such a gallant—gallant sea That beckoned it away!
168 If the foolish, call them “flowers… Need the wiser, tell? If the Savants “Classify” them It is just as well!
As from the earth the light Ballo… Asks nothing but release - Ascension that for which it was, Its soaring Residence. The spirit looks upon the Dust
Years I had been from home, And now, before the door I dared not open, lest a face I never saw before Stare vacant into mine
742 Four Trees—upon a solitary Acre— Without Design Or Order, or Apparent Action— Maintain—
To mend each tattered Faith There is a needle fair Though no appearance indicate ’Tis threaded in the Air And though it do not wear
843 I made slow Riches but my Gain Was steady as the Sun And every Night, it numbered more Than the preceding One
166 I met a King this afternoon! He had not on a Crown indeed, A little Palmleaf Hat was all, And he was barefoot, I’m afraid!
396 There is a Languor of the Life More imminent than Pain— ’Tis Pain’s Successor—When the S… Has suffered all it can—
44 If she had been the Mistletoe And I had been the Rose— How gay upon your table My velvet life to close—
1035 Bee! I’m expecting you! Was saying Yesterday To Somebody you know That you were due—