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A Book Life
He ate and drank the precious words,
His spirit grew robust; …
A Book Life
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away, …
A charm invests a face Love
A charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld, — …
A clock stopped — not the mantel’s Time and Eternity
A clock stopped — not the mantel’s;
Geneva’s farthest skill…
A Country Burial Time and Eternity
Ample make this bed.
Make this bed with awe;
A Day Nature
I’ll tell you how the sun rose, —
A ribbon at a time. …
A death-blow is a life-blow to some Time and Eternity
A death-blow is a life-blow to some
Who, till they died, did not alive become; …
A dew sufficed itself Nature
A dew sufficed itself
And satisfied a leaf, …
A light exists in spring Nature
A light exists in spring
Not present on the year …
A little road not made of man Nature
A little road not made of man,
Enabled of the eye, …
A Man Life
Fate slew him, but he did not drop;
She felled — he did not fall — …
A modest lot, a fame petite Life
A modest lot, a fame petite,
A brief campaign of sting and sweet …
A murmur in the trees to note Nature
A murmur in the trees to note,
Not loud enough for wind;
A poor torn heart, a tattered heart Life
A poor torn heart, a tattered heart,
That sat it down to rest,
A Portrait Life
A face devoid of love or grace,
A hateful, hard, successful face, …
A Prayer Life
I meant to have but modest needs,
Such as content, and heaven; …
A Rose Nature
A sepal, petal, and a thorn
Upon a common summer’s morn, …
A Service of Song Nature
Some keep the Sabbath going to church;
I keep it staying at home, …
A shady friend for torrid days Life
A shady friend for torrid days
Is easier to find …
A sickness of this world it most occasions Time and Eternity
A sickness of this world it most occasions
When best men die; …
A Snake Nature
Sweet is the swamp with its secrets,
Until we meet a snake; …
A Syllable Life
Could mortal lip divine
The undeveloped freight
A tempest Nature
An awful tempest mashed the air,
The clouds were gaunt and few; …
A thought went up my mind to-day Life
A thought went up my mind to-day
That I have had before, …
A throe upon the features Time and Eternity
A throe upon the features
A hurry in the breath, …
A Thunder-Storm Nature
The wind begun to rock the grass
With threatening tunes and low, — …
A toad can die of light! Time and Eternity
A toad can die of light!
Death is the common right …
A train went through a burial gate Time and Eternity
A train went through a burial gate,
A bird broke forth and sang,
A Well Nature
What mystery pervades a well!
The water lives so far, …
A Word Life
A word is dead
When it is said, …
A wounded deer leaps highest Life
A wounded deer leaps highest,
I’ve heard the hunter tell; …
Adrift! A little boat adrift! Time and Eternity
Adrift! A little boat adrift!
And night is coming down! …
Afraid? Of whom am I afraid? Time and Eternity
Afraid? Of whom am I afraid?
Not death; for who is he? …
Aftermath Nature
The murmuring of bees has ceased;
But murmuring of some …
Almost Life
Within my reach!
I could have touched! …
Along the Potomac Time and Eternity
When I was small, a woman died.
To-day her only boy …
Alpine Glow Life
Our lives are Swiss, —
So still, so cool, …
Alter? When the hills do Love
Alter? When the hills do.
Falter? When the sun …
Angels in the early morning Nature
Angels in the early morning
May be seen the dews among, …
Apocalypse Love
I’m wife; I’ve finished that,
That other state; …
Apotheosis Love
Come slowly, Eden!
Lips unused to thee, …
April Nature
An altered look about the hills;
A Tyrian light the village fills; …
As by the dead we love to sit Time and Eternity
As by the dead we love to sit,
Become so wondrous dear, …
As children bid the guest good-night Nature
As children bid the guest good-night,
And then reluctant turn, …
As imperceptibly as grief Nature
As imperceptibly as grief
The summer lapsed away, — …
Asleep Time and Eternity
As far from pity as complaint,
As cool to speech as stone,…
Aspiration Life
We never know how high we are
Till we are called to rise; …
Astra Castra Time and Eternity
Departed to the judgment,
A mighty afternoon;…
At half-past three a single bird Nature
At half-past three a single bird
Unto a silent sky …
At Home Love
The night was wide, and furnished scant
With but a single star, …
At Length Time and Eternity
Her final summer was it,
And yet we guessed it not; …
At least to pray is left, is left Time and Eternity
At least to pray is left, is left.
O Jesus! in the air …
Aurora Nature
Of bronze and blaze
The north, to-night! …
Autumn Nature
The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown; …
B
Beclouded Nature
The sky is low, the clouds are mean,
A travelling flake of snow …
Before the ice is in the pools Time and Eternity
Before the ice is in the pools,
Before the skaters go, …
Belshazzar had a letter, — Life
Belshazzar had a letter, —
He never had but one; …
Bequest Love
You left me, sweet, two legacies, —
A legacy of love…
Bless God, he went as soldiers Time and Eternity
Bless God, he went as soldiers,
His musket on his breast; …
By the Sea Nature
I started early, took my dog,
And visited the sea; …
C
Called Back Life
Just lost when I was saved!
Just felt the world go by!
Charlotte Bronё’s Grave Time and Eternity
All overgrown by cunning moss,
All interspersed with weed, …
Childish Griefs Life
Softened by Time’s consummate plush,
How sleek the woe appears …
Choice Love
Of all the souls that stand create
I have elected one. …
Cobwebs Nature
The spider as an artist
Has never been employed …
Cocoon Nature
Drab habitation of whom?
Tabernacle or tomb, …
Compensation Life
For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay …
Consecration Love
Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee, …
Contrast Life
A door just opened on a street —
I, lost, was passing by — …
Could I but ride indefinite Nature
Could I but ride indefinite,
As doth the meadow-bee, …
D
Dawn Nature
Not knowing when the dawn will come
I open every door; …
Dawn Life
When night is almost done,
And sunrise grows so near …
Day’s Parlor Nature
The day came slow, till five o’clock,
Then sprang before the hills …
Dead Time and Eternity
There’s something quieter than sleep
Within this inner room! ….
Death Time and Eternity
Death is like the insect
Menacing the tree, …
Death and Life Nature
Apparently with no surprise
To any happy flower, …
Death is a dialogue between Time and Eternity
Death is a dialogue between
The spirit and the dust. …
Deed Life
A deed knocks first at thought,
And then it knocks at will. …
Delight becomes pictorial Life
Delight becomes pictorial
When viewed through pain, — …
Desire Life
Who never wanted, — maddest joy
Remains to him unknown: …
Disenchantment Life
It dropped so low in my regard
I heard it hit the ground, …
Dreams Love
Let me not mar that perfect dream
By an auroral stain, …
Drowning is not so pitiful Life
Drowning is not so pitiful
As the attempt to rise. …
Dying Time and Eternity
I heard a fly buzz when I died;
The stillness round my form …
Dying Time and Eternity
The sun kept setting, setting still;
No hue of afternoon …
E
Each that we lose takes part of us Time and Eternity
Each that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides, …
Emancipation Time and Eternity
No rack can torture me,
My soul’s at liberty …
Ending Time and Eternity
That is solemn we have ended, —
Be it but a play, …
Enough Life
God gave a loaf to every bird,
But just a crumb to me; …
Epitaph Time and Eternity
Step lightly on this narrow spot!
The broadest land that grows …
Escape Life
I never hear the word “escape”
Without a quicker blood, …
Essential oils are wrung Time and Eternity
Essential oils are wrung:
The attar from the rose …
Eternity Time and Eternity
On this wondrous sea,
Sailing silently, …
Evening Nature
The cricket sang,
And set the sun, …
Except the heaven had come so near Life
Except the heaven had come so near,
So seemed to choose my door, …
Except to heaven, she is nought Time and Eternity
Except to heaven, she is nought;
Except for angels, lone; …
Exclusion Life
The soul selects her own society,
Then shuts the door; …
Experiment to me Life
Experiment to me
Is every one I meet. …
Experience Life
I stepped from plank to plank
So slow and cautiously; …
F
Faith is a fine invention Life
Faith is a fine invention
For gentlemen who see; …
Far from love the Heavenly Father Time and Eternity
Far from love the Heavenly Father
Leads the chosen child; …
Father, I bring thee not myself, — Love
Father, I bring thee not myself, —
That were the little load; …
Farewell Time and Eternity
Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,
Then I am ready to go! …
Few get enough, — enough is one Life
Few get enough, — enough is one;
To that ethereal throng …
Fire Life
Ashes denote that fire was;
At half-past three a single bird
Following Time and Eternity
I had no cause to be awake,
My best was gone to sleep, …
Forbidden Fruit Life
Forbidden fruit a flavor has
That lawful orchards mocks; …
Forbidden Fruit Life
Heaven is what I cannot reach!
The apple on the tree, …
Forgotten Love
There is a word
Which bears a sword …
Frequently the woods are pink Nature
Frequently the woods are pink,
Frequently are brown; …
Friends Life
Are friends delight or pain?
Could bounty but remain …
Fringed Gentian Nature
God made a little gentian;
It tried to be a rose …
From the Chrysalis Time and Eternity
My cocoon tightens, colors tease,
I’m feeling for the air; …
G
Ghosts Time and Eternity
One need not be a chamber to be haunted,
One need not be a house; …
Given in marriage unto thee Time and Eternity
Given in marriage unto thee,
Oh, thou celestial host! …
Glee! The great storm is over! Life
Glee! The great storm is over!
Four have recovered the land; …
Going Time and Eternity
On such a night, or such a night,
Would anybody care …
Going to heaven! Time and Eternity
Going to heaven!
I don’t know when, …
Gone Time and Eternity
Went up a year this evening!
I recollect it well! …
Good night! which put the candle out? Life
Good night! which put the candle out?
A jealous zephyr, not a doubt. …
Gossip Nature
The leaves, like women, interchange
Sagacious confidence; …
Griefs Life
I measure every grief I meet
With analytic eyes; …
H
Have you got a brook in your little heart Love
Have you got a brook in your little heart,
Where bashful flowers blow, …
He put the belt around my life Love
He put the belt around my life, —
I heard the buckle snap,
He touched me, so I live to know Love
He touched me, so I live to know
That such a day, permitted so, …
Heart not so heavy as mine Life
Heart not so heavy as mine,
Wending late home, …
Heart, we will forget him! Love
Heart, we will forget him!
You and I, to-night! …
High from the earth I heard a bird Nature
High from the earth I heard a bird;
He trod upon the trees …
Hope Life
Hope is a subtle glutton;
He feeds upon the fair; …
Hope Life
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul, …
How dare the robins sing Time and Eternity
How dare the robins sing,
When men and women hear …
How still the bells in steeples stand Life
How still the bells in steeples stand,
Till, swollen with the sky, …
Hunger Life
I had been hungry all the years;
My noon had come, to dine; …
I
I asked no other thing Life
I asked no other thing,
No other was denied. …
I breathed enough to learn the trick Time and Eternity
I breathed enough to learn the trick,
And now, removed from air, …
I bring an unaccustomed wine Life
I bring an unaccustomed wine
To lips long parching, next to mine, …
I died for beauty, but was scarce Time and Eternity
I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb, …
I felt a funeral in my brain Time and Eternity
I felt a funeral in my brain,
And mourners, to and fro, …
I found the phrase to every thought Life
I found the phrase to every thought
I ever had, but one; …
I gained it so Life
I gained it so,
By climbing slow, …
I Had a Guinea Golden Life
I had a guinea golden;
I lost it in the sand, …
I had no time to hate, because Life
I had no time to hate, because
The grave would hinder me, …
I have a king who does not speak Life
I have a king who does not speak;
So, wondering, thro’ the hours meek …
I have no life but this Love
I have no life but this,
To lead it here; …
I have not told my garden yet Time and Eternity
I have not told my garden yet,
Lest that should conquer me; …
I know a place where summer strives Nature
I know a place where summer strives
With such a practised frost, …
I know that he exists Life
I know that he exists
Somewhere, in silence. …
I lived on dread; to those who know Time and Eternity
I lived on dread; to those who know
The stimulus there is …
I’m nobody! Who are you? Life
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too? …
I many times thought peace had come Life
I many times thought peace had come,
When peace was far away; …
I meant to find her when I came Time and Eternity
I meant to find her when I came;
Death had the same design; …
I never lost as much but twice Time and Eternity
I never lost as much but twice,
And that was in the sod; …
I never saw a moor Time and Eternity
I never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea; …
I noticed people disappeared Time and Eternity
I noticed people disappeared,
When but a little child, — …
I read my sentence steadily Time and Eternity
I read my sentence steadily,
Reviewed it with my eyes, …
I reason, earth is short Time and Eternity
I reason, earth is short,
And anguish absolute, …
I shall know why, when time is over Time and Eternity
I shall know why, when time is over,
And I have ceased to wonder why; …
I taste a liquor never brewed Life
I taste a liquor never brewed,
From tankards scooped in pearl;
I think just how my shape will rise Time and Eternity
I think just how my shape will rise
When I shall be forgiven, …
I’ve got an arrow here Love
I’ve got an arrow here;
Loving the hand that sent it, …
I’ve seen a dying eye Time and Eternity
I’ve seen a dying eye
Run round and round a room …
I went to heaven Time and Eternity
I went to heaven, —
‘T was a small town, …
I went to thank her Time and Eternity
I went to thank her,
But she slept; …
I wish I knew that woman’s name Time and Eternity
I wish I knew that woman’s name,
So, when she comes this way, …
I wonder if the sepulchre Time and Eternity
I wonder if the sepulchre
Is not a lonesome way, …
I worked for chaff, and earning wheat Life
I worked for chaff, and earning wheat
Was haughty and betrayed. …
If anybody’s friend be dead Time and Eternity
If anybody’s friend be dead,
It ‘s sharpest of the theme …
If I can stop one heart from breaking Life
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain; …
If I may have it when it’s dead Time and Eternity
If I may have it when it’s dead
I will contented be; …
If I should die Time and Eternity
If I should die,
And you should live, …
If I shouldn’t be alive Time and Eternity
If I shouldn’t be alive
When the robins come, …
If the foolish call them ‘flowers Life
If the foolish call them ‘flowers,’
Need the wiser tell? …
If you were coming in the fall Love
If you were coming in the fall,
I’d brush the summer by …
Immortal is an ample word Time and Eternity
Immortal is an ample word
When what we need is by, ….
Immortality
It is an honorable thought,
And makes one lift one’s hat, …
In lands I never saw, they say Love
In lands I never saw, they say,
Immortal Alps look down, …
In a Library Life
A precious, mouldering pleasure ‘t is
To meet an antique book, ….
In Shadow Nature
I dreaded that first robin so,
But he is mastered now, …
In the Garden Nature
A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw; …
In Vain Love
I cannot live with you,
It would be life, …
Indian Summer Nature
These are the days when birds come back,
A very few, a bird or two, …
Invisible Time and Eternity
From us she wandered now a year,
Her tarrying unknown; …
Is Heaven a physician? Life
Is Heaven a physician?
They say that He can heal,
Is bliss, then, such abyss Life
Is bliss, then, such abyss
I must not put my foot amiss …
It can’t be summer, — that got through Nature
It can’t be summer, — that got through;
It ‘s early yet for spring; …
It was not death, for I stood up Time and Eternity
It was not death, for I stood up,
And all the dead lie down; ….
It was too late for man Time and Eternity
It was too late for man,
But early yet for God; ….
J
Joy in Death Time and Eternity
If tolling bell I ask the cause.
‘A soul has gone to God,’ …
K
L
Lay this laurel on the one Time and Eternity
Lay this laurel on the one
Too intrinsic for renown. …
Let down the bars, O Death! Time and Eternity
Let down the bars, O Death!
The tired flocks come in ….
Life, and Death, and Giants Life
Life, and Death, and Giants
Such as these, are still. …
Like mighty footlights burned the red Nature
Like mighty footlights burned the red
At bases of the trees, — …
Life’s Trade Life
It’s such a little thing to weep,
So short a thing to sigh;
Longing Love
I envy seas whereon he rides,
I envy spokes of wheels …
Look back on time with kindly eyes Time and Eternity
Look back on time with kindly eyes,
He doubtless did his best; …
Lost Time and Eternity
I lost a world the other day.
Has anybody found? …
Lost Faith Life
To lose one’s faith surpasses
The loss of an estate, …
Lost Joy Life
I had a daily bliss
I half indifferent viewed, …
Love Love
Love is anterior to life,
Posterior to death, …
Love’s Baptism Love
I’m ceded, I’ve stopped being theirs;
The name they dropped upon my face …
Love’s Humility Love
My worthiness is all my doubt,
His merit all my fear, …
Loyalty Love
Split the lark and you’ll find the music,
Bulb after bulb, in silver rolled, …
M
May-Flower Nature
Pink, small, and punctual,
Aromatic, low, …
March Nature
We like March, his shoes are purple,
He is new and high; …
Me! Come! My dazzled face Time and Eternity
Me! Come! My dazzled face
In such a shining place!
Melodies Unheard Life
Musicians wrestle everywhere:
All day, among the crowded air, …
Memorials Time and Eternity
Death sets a thing significant
The eye had hurried by,…
Mine Love
Mine by the right of the white election!
Mine by the royal seal! …
Morning is the place for dew Nature
Morning is the place for dew,
Corn is made at noon, …
Mother Nature Nature
Nature, the gentlest mother,
Impatient of no child, …
Morns like these we parted Time and Eternity
Morns like these we parted;
Noons like these she rose,
Much madness is divinest sense Life
Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye; …
My Country’s Wardrobe Life
My country need not change her gown,
Her triple suit as sweet …
My Cricket Nature
Farther in summer than the birds,
Pathetic from the grass, …
My Rose Nature
Pigmy seraphs gone astray,
Velvet people from Vevay,
N
Nature’s Changes Nature
The springtime’s pallid landscape
Will glow like bright bouquet, …
Nature rarer uses yellow Nature
Nature rarer uses yellow
Than another hue; …
New feet within my garden go Nature
New feet within my garden go,
New fingers stir the sod; …
Not any higher stands the grave Time and Eternity
Not any higher stands the grave
For heroes than for men; …
Not with a club the heart is broken Love
Not with a club the heart is broken,
Nor with a stone; …
November Nature
Besides the autumn poets sing,
A few prosaic days …
Numen Lumen Love
I live with him, I see his face;
I go no more away …
O
Old-Fashioned Nature
Arcturus is his other name, —
I’d rather call him star! …
On the bleakness of my lot Life
On the bleakness of my lot
Bloom I strove to raise. …
On this long storm the rainbow rose Time and Eternity
On this long storm the rainbow rose,
On this late morn the sun; …
One dignity delays for all Time and Eternity
One dignity delays for all,
One mitred afternoon. …
Our share of night to bear Life
Our share of morning,
Our share of morning, …
Out of the Morning Nature
Will there really be a morning?
Is there such a thing as day? …
P
Parting Life
My life closed twice before its close;
It yet remains to see …
Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower? Nature
Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower?
But I could never sell. …
Philosophy Life
It might be easier
To fail with land in sight, …
Playmates Time and Eternity
God permits industrious angels
Afternoons to play. …
Pompless no life can pass away Time and Eternity
Pompless no life can pass away;
The lowliest career …
Poor little heart! Love
Poor little heart!
Did they forget thee? …
Portraits are to daily faces Life
Portraits are to daily faces
As an evening west …
Possession Love
Did the harebell loose her girdle
To the lover bee, …
Power Life
You cannot put a fire out;
A thing that can ignite …
Prayer Life
Prayer is the little implement
Through which men reach …
Precedence Time and Eternity
Wait till the majesty of Death
Invests so mean a brow! …
Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn Nature
Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn
Indicative that suns go down; …
Problems Nature
Bring me the sunset in a cup,
Reckon the morning’s flagons up, …
Proof Love
That I did always love,
I bring thee proof: …
Psalm of the Day Nature
A something in a summer’s day,
As slow her flambeaux burn away, …
Purple Clover Nature
There is a flower that bees prefer,
And butterflies desire; …
Q
R
Real Time and Eternity
I like a look of agony,
Because I know it ‘s true; …
Real Riches Life
‘T is little I could care for pearls
Who own the ample sea; …
Refuge Time and Eternity
The clouds their backs together laid,
The north begun to push, …
Remembrance Life
Remembrance has a rear and front, —
‘T is something like a house; …
Remorse Life
Remorse is memory awake,
Her companies astir, — …
Renunciation Love
There came a day at summer’s full
Entirely for me; …
Requiem Time and Eternity
Taken from men this morning,
Carried by men to-day, …
Resurgam Time and Eternity
At last to be identified!
At last, the lamps upon thy side, …
Resurrection Love
‘T was a long parting, but the time
For interview had come; …
Reticence Life
The reticent volcano keeps
His never slumbering plan;
Retrospect Time and Eternity
‘T was just this time last year I died.
I know I heard the corn,…
Returning Life
I years had been from home,
And now, before the door, …
Rouge et Noir Life
Soul, wilt thou toss again?
By just such a hazard …
Rouge gagne Life
‘T is so much joy! ‘T is so much joy!
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Safe in their alabaster chambers Time and Eternity
Safe in their alabaster chambers,
Untouched by morning and untouched by noon, …
Satisfied Love
One blessing had I, than the rest
So larger to my eyes …
Saturday Afternoon Life
From all the jails the boys and girls
Ecstatically leap, — …
Saved Time and Eternity
Of tribulation these are they
Denoted by the white; …
Secrets Nature
The skies can’t keep their secret!
They tell it to the hills — …
Setting Sail Time and Eternity
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea, — …
She sweeps with many-colored brooms Nature
She sweeps with many-colored brooms,
And leaves the shreds behind; …
She went as quiet as the dew Time and Eternity
She went as quiet as the dew
From a familiar flower. …
Shipwreck Life
It tossed and tossed, —
A little brig I knew, — …
Sight Life
Before I got my eye put out,
I liked as well to see …
Simplicity Nature
How happy is the little stone
That rambles in the road alone, …
Sleep is supposed to be Time and Eternity
Sleep is supposed to be,
By souls of sanity, …
Sleeping Time and Eternity
A long, long sleep, a famous sleep
That makes no show for dawn …
So bashful when I spied her Nature
So bashful when I spied her,
So pretty, so ashamed! …
So proud she was to die Time and Eternity
So proud she was to die
It made us all ashamed …
Some, too fragile for winter winds Time and Eternity
Some, too fragile for winter winds,
The thoughtful grave encloses, — …
Song Love
Summer for thee grant I may be
When summer days are flown! …
Storm Nature
It sounded as if the streets were running,
That rambles in the road alone,…
Success Life
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne’er succeed. …
Summer’s Armies Nature
Some rainbow coming from the fair!
Some vision of the world Cashmere …
Summer’s Obsequies Nature
The gentian weaves her fringes,
The maple’s loom is red. …
Summer Shower Nature
A drop fell on the apple tree,
Another on the roof; …
Sunset Nature
A sloop of amber slips away
Upon an ether sea, …
Sunset Nature
Where ships of purple gently toss
On seas of daffodil, …
Superfluous were the sun Time and Eternity
Superfluous were the sun
When excellence is dead; …
Superiority to Fate Life
Superiority to fate
Is difficult to learn. …
Surgeons must be very careful Life
Surgeons must be very careful
When they take the knife! …
Surrender Love
Doubt me, my dim companion!
Why, God would be content …
Suspense Love
Elysium is as far as to
The very nearest room, …
Sweet hours have perished here Time and Eternity
Sweet hours have perished here;
This is a mighty room; …
T
‘T was later when the summer went Nature
‘T was later when the summer went
Than when the cricket came, …
Talk with prudence to a beggar Life
Talk with prudence to a beggar
Of ‘Potosi’ and the mines! …
That such have died enables us Time and Eternity
That such have died enables us
The tranquiller to die; …
The Balloon Nature
You’ve seen balloons set, haven’t you?
So stately they ascend …
Thanksgiving Day Life
One day is there of the series
Termed Thanksgiving day, …
The Bat Nature
The bat is dun with wrinkled wings
Like fallow article, …
The Battle-Field Time and Eternity
They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,
Like petals from a rose, …
The Bee Nature
Like trains of cars on tracks of plush
I hear the level bee: …
The bee is not afraid of me Nature
The bee is not afraid of me,
I know the butterfly; …
The Bluebird Nature
Before you thought of spring,
Except as a surmise, …
The Blue Jay Nature
No brigadier throughout the year
So civic as the jay. …
The bone that has no marrow Life
The bone that has no marrow;
What ultimate for that? …
The Book of Martyrs Life
Read, sweet, how others strove,
Till we are stouter; …
The brain Life
The brain is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side, …
The brain within its groove Life
The brain within its groove
Runs evenly and true; …
The bustle in a house Time and Eternity
The bustle in a house
The morning after death …
The butterfly’s assumption-gown Nature
The butterfly’s assumption-gown,
In chrysoprase apartments hung, …
The Butterfly’s Day Nature
From cocoon forth a butterfly
As lady from her door …
The Chariot Time and Eternity
Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me; …
The Coming of the Night Nature
How the old mountains drip with sunset,
And the brake of dun! …
The Contract Love
I gave myself to him,
And took himself for pay. …
The daisy follows soft the sun Time and Eternity
The daisy follows soft the sun,
And when his golden walk is done, …
The distance that the dead have gone Time and Eternity
The distance that the dead have gone
Does not at first appear; …
The Duel Life
I took my power in my hand.
And went against the world; …
The dying need but little, dear Time and Eternity
The dying need but little, dear, —
A glass of water’s all, ….
The farthest thunder that I heard Life
The farthest thunder that I heard
Was nearer than the sky, …
The First Lesson Time and Eternity
Not in this world to see his face
Sounds long, until I read the place …
The Forgotten Grave Time and Eternity
After a hundred years
Nobody knows the place, — …
The Funeral Time and Eternity
That short, potential stir
That each can make but once, …
The Goal Life
Each life converges to some centre
Expressed or still; …
The Grass Nature
The grass so little has to do, —
A sphere of simple green, …
The grave my little cottage is Time and Eternity
The grave my little cottage is,
Where, keeping house for thee, …
The heart asks pleasure first Life
The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain; …
The Hemlock Nature
I think the hemlock likes to stand
Upon a marge of snow; …
The Humming-Bird Nature
A route of evanescence
With a revolving wheel; …
The Inevitable Life
While I was fearing it, it came,
But came with less of fear,…
The Journey Time and Eternity
Our journey had advanced;
Our feet were almost come…
The Juggler of Day Nature
Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,
Leaping like leopards to the sky, …
The last night that she lived Time and Eternity
The last night that she lived,
It was a common night, …
The Letter Love
“Going to him! Happy letter! Tell him —
Tell him the page I didn’t write; …
The Lonely House Life
I know some lonely houses off the road
A robber ‘d like the look of, — …
The Lost Jewel Love
I held a jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep. …
The Lost Thought Life
I felt a clearing in my mind
As if my brain had split; …
The Lovers Love
The rose did caper on her cheek,
Her bodice rose and fell, …
The Martyrs Life
Through the straight pass of suffering
The martyrs even trod, …
The Master Love
He fumbles at your spirit
As players at the keys …
The Monument Time and Eternity
She laid her docile crescent down,
And this mechanic stone …
The Moon Nature
The moon was but a chin of gold
A night or two ago, …
The moon is distant from the sea Love
The moon is distant from the sea,
And yet with amber hands …
The Mountain Nature
The mountain sat upon the plain
In his eternal chair,
The Mushroom Nature
The mushroom is the elf of plants,
At evening it is not; …
The Mystery of Pain Life
Pain has an element of blank;
It cannot recollect …
The nearest dream recedes, unrealized Life
The nearest dream recedes, unrealized.
The heaven we chase …
The one that could repeat the summer day Nature
The one that could repeat the summer day
Were greater than itself, though he ….
The only ghost I ever saw Time and Eternity
The only ghost I ever saw
Was dressed in mechlin, — so; …
The Oriole Nature
One of the ones that Midas touched,
Who failed to touch us all, …
The Oriole’s Secret Nature
To hear an oriole sing
May be a common thing, …
The Outlet Love
My river runs to thee:
Blue sea, wilt welcome me? …
The Past Life
The past is such a curious creature,
To look her in the face …
The pedigree of honey Nature
The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee; …
The Preacher Life
He preached upon “breadth” till it argued him narrow, —
The broad are too broad to define; …
The Railway Train Life
I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up, …
The Rat Nature
The rat is the concisest tenant.
He pays no rent, — …
The Return Life
Though I get home how late, how late!
So I get home, ‘t will compensate….
The Robin Nature
The robin is the one
That interrupts the morn …
The Sea Nature
An everywhere of silver,
With ropes of sand …
The Sea of Sunset Nature
This is the land the sunset washes,
These are the banks of the Yellow Sea; …
The Secret Life
Some things that fly there be, —
Birds, hours, the bumble-bee: ….
The Shelter Life
The body grows outside, —
The more convenient way, — …
The Show Life
The show is not the show,
But they that go. …
The Sleeping Flowers Nature
“Whose are the little beds,” I asked,
“Which in the valleys lie?” …
The Snake Nature
A narrow fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides; …
The Snow Nature
It sifts from leaden sieves,
It powders all the wood, …
The soul should always stand ajar Time and Eternity
The soul should always stand ajar,
That if the heaven inquire, …
The Soul’s Storm Time and Eternity
It struck me every day
The lightning was as new…
The soul unto itself Life
The soul unto itself
Is an imperial friend, — …
The Spider Nature
A spider sewed at night
Without a light …
The Spirit Time and Eternity
‘T is whiter than an Indian pipe,
‘T is dimmer than a lace;…
The stimulus, beyond the grave Time and Eternity
The stimulus, beyond the grave
His countenance to see, …
The Storm Nature
There came a wind like a bugle;
It quivered through the grass, …
The Sun’s Wooing Nature
The sun just touched the morning;
The morning, happy thing,
The Test Life
I can wade grief,
Whole pools of it, — …
The thought beneath so slight a film Life
The thought beneath so slight a film
Is more distinctly seen, — …
The Tulip Nature
She slept beneath a tree
Remembered but by me. …
The Walking Year Nature
A lady red upon the hill
Her annual secret keeps; …
The way I read a letter ‘s this Love
The way I read a letter ‘s this:
‘T is first I lock the door, …
The White Heat Life
Dare you see a soul at the white heat?
Then crouch within the door. …
The Wife Love
She rose to his requirement, dropped
The playthings of her life …
The Wind Nature
It’s like the light, —
A fashionless delight …
The Wind Nature
Of all the sounds despatched abroad,
There’s not a charge to me …
The Wind’s Visit Nature
The wind tapped like a tired man,
And like a host, “Come in,” …
The Woodpecker Nature
His bill an auger is,
His head, a cap and frill. …
Their height in heaven comforts not Time and Eternity
Their height in heaven comforts not,
Their glory nought to me; …
There’s a certain slant of light Nature
There’s a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons, …
There’s been a death in the opposite house Time and Eternity
There’s been a death in the opposite house
As lately as to-day. …
There is a shame of nobleness Time and Eternity
There is a shame of nobleness
Confronting sudden pelf, — …
They say that ‘time assuages Time and Eternity
They say that ‘time assuages,’ —
Time never did assuage; …
They won’t frown always, — some sweet day Time and Eternity
They won’t frown always, — some sweet day
When I forget to tease, …
Thirst Time and Eternity
We thirst at first, — ‘t is Nature’s act;
And later, when we die, …
This is my letter to the world
This is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me, — …
This merit hath the worst Life
This merit hath the worst, —
It cannot be again. …
This was in the white of the year Time and Eternity
This was in the white of the year,
That was in the green, …
This world is not conclusion Time and Eternity
This world is not conclusion;
A sequel stands beyond, …
Three weeks passed since I had seen her Time and Eternity
Three weeks passed since I had seen her, —
Some disease had vexed; …
Till the End Time and Eternity
I should not dare to leave my friend,
Because — because if he should die …
Time’s Lesson Life
Mine enemy is growing old, —
I have at last revenge. …
To fight aloud is very brave Life
To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallanter, I know, …
To hang our head ostensibly Life
To hang our head ostensibly,
And subsequent to find
To help our bleaker parts Life
To help our bleaker parts
Salubrious hours are given,
To know just how he suffered would be dear Time and Eternity
To know just how he suffered would be dear;
To know if any human eyes were near …
To learn the transport by the pain Life
To learn the transport by the pain,
As blind men learn the sun;
To lose thee, sweeter than to gain Love
To lose thee, sweeter than to gain
All other hearts I knew. …
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee Nature
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, —
One clover, and a bee, …
To March Nature
Dear March, come in!
How glad I am! …
To my quick ear the leaves conferred Nature
To my quick ear the leaves conferred;
The bushes they were bells; …
To venerate the simple days Life
To venerate the simple days
Which lead the seasons by, …
Too Late Time and Eternity
Delayed till she had ceased to know,
Delayed till in its vest of snow …
Too Much Life
I should have been too glad, I see,
Too lifted for the scant degree …
Transplanted Love
As if some little Arctic flower,
Upon the polar hem, …
Triumph Time and Eternity
Triumph may be of several kinds.
There ‘s triumph in the room …
Triumphant Life
Who never lost, are unprepared
A coronet to find; …
Troubled About Many Things Time and Eternity
How many times these low feet staggered,
Only the soldered mouth can tell; …
Trying to Forget Time and Eternity
Bereaved of all, I went abroad,
No less bereaved to be …
Two swimmers wrestled on the spar Time and Eternity
Two swimmers wrestled on the spar
Until the morning sun, …
Two Voyagers Nature
Two butterflies went out at noon
And waltzed above a stream, …
Two Worlds Nature
It makes no difference abroad,
The seasons fit the same, …
U
Undue significance a starving man attaches Life
Undue significance a starving man attaches
To food …
Upon the gallows hung a wretch Life
Upon the gallows hung a wretch,
Too sullied for the hell …
Unreturning Life
‘T was such a little, little boat
That toddled down the bay! ..
Unto my books so good to turn Life
Unto my books so good to turn
Far ends of tired days; …
Unwarned Time and Eternity
‘T is sunrise, little maid, hast thou
No station in the day? …
V
Vanished Time and Eternity
She died, — this was the way she died;
And when her breath was done, …
Ventures Life
Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.
For the one ship that struts the shore …
Victory comes late Life
Victory comes late,
And is held low to freezing lips …
Void Time and Eternity
Great streets of silence led away
To neighborhoods of pause;…
W
Waiting Time and Eternity
I sing to use the waiting,
My bonnet but to tie, …
Water is taught by thirst Time and Eternity
Water is taught by thirst;
Land, by the oceans passed; …
We cover thee, sweet face Time and Eternity
We cover thee, sweet face.
Not that we tire of thee, …
We learn in the retreating Time and Eternity
We learn in the retreating
How vast an one …
We never know we go, — when we are going Time and Eternity
We never know we go, — when we are going
We jest and shut the door; …
We outgrow love like other things Love
We outgrow love like other things
And put it in the drawer, …
We play at paste Life
We play at paste,
Till qualified for pearl, …
Wedded Love
A solemn thing it was, I said,
A woman white to be, …
What if I say I shall not wait? Love
What if I say I shall not wait?
What if I burst the fleshly gate …
What inn is this Time and Eternity
What inn is this
Where for the night …
What soft, cherubic creatures Life
What soft, cherubic creatures
These gentlewomen are! …
When I hoped I feared Life
When I hoped I feared,
Since I hoped I dared; …
Where every bird is bold to go Time and Eternity
Where every bird is bold to go,
And bees abashless play, …
Whether my bark went down at sea Life
Whether my bark went down at sea,
Whether she met with gales, …
Who? Love
My friend must be a bird,
Because it flies! …
Who has not found the heaven below Life
Who has not found the heaven below
Will fail of it above. …
Who robbed the woods Nature
Who robbed the woods,
The trusting woods? …
Why? Nature
The murmur of a bee
A witchcraft yieldeth me. …
Wild nights! Wild nights! Love
Wild nights! Wild nights!
Were I with thee, …
With a Flower Love
I hide myself within my flower,
That wearing on your breast, …
With a Flower Love
When roses cease to bloom, dear,
And violets are done, …
With Flowers Life
If recollecting were forgetting,
Then I remember not; …
With Flowers Nature
South winds jostle them,
Bumblebees come,…
Y
Your riches taught me poverty Love
Your riches taught me poverty.
Myself a millionnaire …
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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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