The Bird must sing to earn the Crumb What merit have the Tune No Breakfast if it guaranty The Rose content may bloom To gain renown of Lady's Drawer But if the Lady come But once a Century, the Rose S...
The Body grows without - The more convenient way - That if the Spirit - like to hide It's Temple stands, always, Ajar - secure - inviting - It never did betray The Soul that asked it's shelter In sole...
The Brain - is wider than the Sky - For - put them side by side - The one the other will contain With ease - and You - beside - The Brain is deeper than the sea - For - hold them - Blue to Blue - The ...
The Brain, within it's Groove Runs evenly - and true - But let a Splinter swerve - 'Twere easier for You - To put the Waters back - When Floods have slit the Hills - And scooped a Turnpike for Themsel...
The Butterfly's Numidian Gown With spots of Burnish - roasted on Is proof against the Sun - But prone to shut it's spotted Fan And panting on a Clover lean As if it were undone.
The Cat that in the corner sits Her martial time forgot - The rat but a tradition now Of her desireless Lot, Another class remind me of - Who neither please nor play, But - "not to make a bit of ...
The Clock strikes One That just struck Two - Some Schism in the Sum - A Vagabond from Genesis Has wrecked the Pendulum.
The Daisy follows soft the Sun - And when his golden walk is done - Sits shyly at his feet - He - waking - finds the flower there - Wherefore - Marauder - art thou here? Because, Sir, love is sweet! W...
The Days that we can spare Are those a Function die Or Friend Or Nature - stranded then In our Economy Our Estimates a Scheme - Our Ultimates a Sham - We let go all of Time without Arithmetic of him.
The Doomed - regard the Sunrise With different Delight - Because - when next it burns abroad They doubt to witness it - The Man - to die - tomorrow - Harks for the Meadow Bird - Because it's Music sti...
The Fact that Earth is Heaven - Whether Heaven is Heaven or not If not an Affidavit Of that specific Spot Not only must confirm us That it is not for us But that it would affront us To dwell in such a...
The fairest Home I ever knew Was founded in an Hour By Parties also that I knew A spider and a Flower - A manse of mechlin and of Floss.
The farthest Thunder that I heard Was nearer than the Sky And rumbles still, though torrid Noons Have lain their Missiles by - The Lightning that preceded it Struck no one but myself - But I would not...
The feet of people walking home With gayer sandals go - The Crocus - till she rises The Vassal of the snow - The lips at Hallelujah Long years of practise bore Till bye and bye these Bargemen Walked s...
The Flake the Wind exasperate More eloquently lie Than if escorted to it's Down By Arm of Chivalry.
The Guest is gold and crimson - An Opal guest, and gray - Of Ermine is his doublet - His Capuchin gay - He reaches town at nightfall - He stops at every door - Who looks for him at morning I pray him ...
The healed Heart shows it's shallow scar With confidential moan - Not mended by Mortality Are Fabrics truly torn - To go it's convalescent way So shameless is to see More genuine were perfidy Than suc...
The Heart asks Pleasure - first - And then - Excuse from Pain - And then - those little Anodyness That deaden suffering - And then - to go to sleep - And then - if it should be The will of it's Inquis...
The joy that has no stem nor core, Nor seed that we can sow, Is edible to longing, But ablative to show. By fundamental palates Those products are preferred Impregnable to transit And patented by pod.
The Lamp burns sure - within - Tho' Serfs - supply the Oil - It matters not the busy Wick - At her phosphoric toil! The Slave - forgets - to fill - The Lamp - burns golden - on - Unconscious that the ...
The Lassitudes of Contemplation Beget a force - They are the spirit's still vacation That him refresh - The Dreams consolidate in action - What mettle fair.
The Life we have is very great. The Life that we shall see Surpasses it, we know, because It is Infinity. But when all Space has been beheld And all Dominion shown The smallest Human Heart's extent Re...
The Lightning is a yellow Fork From Tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropt The awful Cutlery Of mansions never quite disclosed And never quite concealed The Apparatus of the Dark To ignorance ...
The long sigh of the Frog Upon a Summer's Day Enacts intoxication Upon the Passer by. But his receding Swell Substantiates a Peace That makes the Ear inordinate For corporal release.
The Malay - took the Pearl - Not - I - the Earl - I - feared the Sea - too much Unsanctified - to touch - Praying that I might be Worthy - the Destiny - The Swarthy fellow swam - And bore my Jewel - H...
