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They ask but our Delight
They ask but our Delight
868
They ask but our Delight-
The Darlings of the Soil
And grant us all their Countenance
For a p…
These tested Our Horizon
These tested Our Horizon
886
These tested Our Horizon-
Then disappeared
As Birds before achieving
A Latitude.
There's a certain Slant of light (258)
There's a certain Slant of light (258)
There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons--
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tu…
There's something quieter than sleep
There's something quieter than sleep
45
There's something quieter than sleep
Within this inner room!
It wears a sprig upon its br…
There is a word
There is a word
8
There is a word
Which bears a sword
Can pierce an armed man-
It hurls its barbed syllables
And i…
There is another sky
There is another sky
2
There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness t…
There is a Languor of the Life
There is a Languor of the Life
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There is a Languor of the Life
More imminent than Pain'
Tis Pain's Successor-When the Soul
There is a pain—so utter
There is a pain—so utter
599
There is a pain—so utter—
It swallows substance up—
Then covers the Abyss with Trance—
So Me…
There is a flower that Bees prefer
There is a flower that Bees prefer
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There is a flower that Bees prefer-
And Butterflies-desire-
To gain the Purple Democrat
There came a Wind like a Bugle
There came a Wind like a Bugle
There cam a Wind like a Bugle -
It quivered through the Grass
And a Green Chill upon the Heat
So ominous di…
There are two Ripenings—one—of sight
There are two Ripenings—one—of sight
332
There are two Ripenings—one—of sight—
Whose forces Spheric wind
Until the Velvet product…
The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous
The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous
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The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous—
We learned to like the Fire
By playing Glaciers—when a Boy…
The Woodpecker
The Woodpecker
His bill an auger is,
His head, a cap and frill.
He laboreth at every tree,--
A worm his utmost goal.
The World-stands-solemner-to me
The World-stands-solemner-to me
493
The World-stands-solemner-to me-
Since I was wed-to Him-
A modesty befits the soul
That…
The wind trapped like a tired man,
The wind trapped like a tired man,
The wind tapped like a tired man,
And like a host, 'Come in,'
I boldly answered; entered then
My resid…
The wind begun to rock the grass
The wind begun to rock the grass
The wind begun to rock the grass
With threatening tunes and low,--
He flung a menace at the earth,
A mena…
The Whole of it came not at once
The Whole of it came not at once
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The Whole of it came not at once'
Twas Murder by degrees-
A Thrust-and then for Life a chance-…
The Way I read a Letter's—this
The Way I read a Letter's—this
636
The Way I read a Letter's—this—
'Tis first—I lock the Door—
And push it with my fingers—next— …
The Truth—is stirless
The Truth—is stirless
780
The Truth—is stirless—
Other force—may be presumed to move—
This—then—is best for confidence—
W…
The Tint I cannot take—is best
The Tint I cannot take—is best
627
The Tint I cannot take—is best—
The Color too remote
That I could show it in Bazaar—
A…
The Sun—just touched the Morning
The Sun—just touched the Morning
232
The Sun—just touched the Morning—
The Morning—Happy thing—
Supposed that He had come to dwel…
The Sunset stopped on Cottages
The Sunset stopped on Cottages
950
The Sunset stopped on Cottages
Where Sunset hence must be
For treason not of His, but Life's, …
The Sun kept setting—setting—still
The Sun kept setting—setting—still
692
The Sun kept setting—setting—still
No Hue of Afternoon—
Upon the Village I perceived
The Sun and Moon must make their haste
The Sun and Moon must make their haste
871
The Sun and Moon must make their haste-
The Stars express around
For in the Zones of Pa…