#AmericanWriters
I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity. Nor had I time to love, but since
619 Glee—The great storm is over— Four—have recovered the Land— Forty gone down together— Into the boiling Sand.
I many times thought Peace had co… When Peace was far away’— As Wrecked Men’—deem they sight t… At Centre of the Sea’— And struggle slacker’—but to prove
438 Forget! The lady with the Amulet Forget she wore it at her Heart Because she breathed against Was Treason twixt?
49 I never lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod. Twice have I stood a beggar Before the door of God!
41 I robbed the Woods— The trusting Woods. The unsuspecting Trees Brought out their Burs and mosses
Pain—has an Element of Blank— It cannot recollect When it begun—or if there were A time when it was not— It has no Future—but itself—
286 That after Horror — that ’twas us… That passed the mouldering Pier — Just as the Granite Crumb let go… Our Savior, by a Hair —
997 Crumbling is not an instant’s Act A fundamental pause Dilapidation’s processes Are organized Decays.
346 Not probable—The barest Chance— A smile too few—a word too much And far from Heaven as the Rest— The Soul so close on Paradise—
224 I've nothing else—to bring, You k… So I keep bringing These— Just as the Night keeps fetching… To our familiar eyes—
Part One: Life LIII GOD gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me; I dare not eat it, though I starv…
522 Had I presumed to hope— The loss had been to Me A Value—for the Greatness’ Sake— As Giants—gone away—
883 The Poets light but Lamps— Themselves—go out— The Wicks they stimulate— If vital Light
Declaiming Waters none may dread… But Waters that are still Are so for that most fatal cause In Nature– they are full –