#AmericanWriters
289 I know some lonely Houses off the… A Robber’d like the look of— Wooden barred, And Windows hanging low,
273 He put the Belt around my life I heard the Buckle snap— And turned away, imperial, My Lifetime folding up—
487 You love the Lord’—you cannot see… You write Him’—every day’— A little note’—when you awake’— And further in the Day.
586 We talked as Girls do— Fond, and late— We speculated fair, on every subje… Of ours, none affair—
LVI Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency!
462 Why make it doubt — it hurts it so… So sick — to guess — So strong — to know — So brave — upon its little Bed
849 The good Will of a Flower The Man who would possess Must first present Certificate
145 This heart that broke so long— These feet that never flagged— This faith that watched for star i… Give gently to the dead—
845 Be Mine the Doom— Sufficient Fame— To perish in Her Hand!
I found the phrase to every though… I ever had, but one; And that defies me,—as a hand Did try to chalk the sun To races nurtured in the dark;—
972 Unfulfilled to Observation— Incomplete—to Eye— But to Faith—a Revolution In Locality—
903 I hide myself within my flower, That fading from your Vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me— Almost a loneliness.
This quiet dust was gentlemen and… And lads and girls; Was laughter and ability and sighi… And frocks and curls; This passive place a summer’s nimb…
FORBIDDEN fruit a flavor has That lawful orchards mocks; How luscious lies the pea within The pod that Duty locks!
92 My friend must be a Bird’— Because it flies! Mortal, my friend must be, Because it dies!