#AmericanWriters
XL THE thought beneath so slight a f… Is more distinctly seen,— As laces just reveal the surge, Or mists the Apennine.
993 We miss Her, not because We see— The Absence of an Eye— Except its Mind accompany Abridge Society
LV MY country need not change her go… Her triple suit as sweet As when ’t was cut at Lexington, And first pronounced “a fit.”
116 I had some things that I called m… And God, that he called his, Till, recently a rival Claim Disturbed these amities.
452 The Malay—took the Pearl— Not—I—the Earl— I—feared the Sea—too much Unsanctified—to touch—
Because I could not stop for Deat… He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselv… And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
334 All the letters I can write Are not fair as this— Syllables of Velvet— Sentences of Plush,
437 Prayer is the little implement Through which Men reach Where Presence—is denied them. They fling their Speech
I years had been from home, And now, before the door, I dared not open, lest a face I never saw before Stare vacant into mine
580 I gave myself to Him— And took Himself, for Pay, The solemn contract of a Life Was ratified, this way—
137 Flowers—Well—if anybody Can the ecstasy define— Half a transport—half a trouble— With which flowers humble men:
God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me; I dare not eat it, though I starv… My poignant luxury To own it, touch it, prove the fea…
XXXVII For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy.
267 Did we disobey Him? Just one time! Charged us to forget Him— But we couldn’t learn!
440 ’Tis customary as we part A trinket—to confer— It helps to stimulate the faith When Lovers be afar—