We pray - to Heaven -
We prate - of Heaven -
Relate - when Neighbors die -
At what o'clock to Heaven - they fled -
Who saw them - Wherefore fly?
Is Heaven a Place - a Sky - a Tree?
Location's narrow ...
Were it to be the last
How infinite would be
What we did not suspect was marked
Our final interview.
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...
A precious - mouldering pleasure - 'tis -
To meet an Antique Book -
In just the Dress his Century wore -
A privilege - I think -
His venerable Hand to take -
And warming in our own -
A passage back - ...
Oh Shadow on the Grass!
Art thou a step or not?
Go make thee fair, my Candidate -
My nominated Heart!
Oh Shadow on the Grass!
While I delayed to dress
Some other thou dis'st consecrate -
Oh unelected ...
They ask but our Delight -
The Darlings of the Soil
And grant us all their Countenance
For a penurious smile.
Jesus! Thy Crucifix
Enable thee to guess
The smaller size!
Jesus! Thy second face
Mind thee in Paradise
Of our's!
What if I say I shall not wait!
What if I burst the fleshly Gate -
And pass escaped - to thee!
What if I file this Mortal - off -
See where it hurt me - That's enough -
And wade in Liberty!
They cann...
"Good night", because we must!
How intricate the Dust!
I would go, to know -
Oh Incognito!
Saucy, saucy Seraph,
To elude me so!
Father! They wont tell me!
Wont you tell them to?
It was a quiet Way -
He asked if I was His -
I made no answer of the Tongue,
But answer of the Eyes -
And then he bore me high
Before this mortal noise
With swiftness, as of Chariots -
And distance - ...
He parts Himself - like Leaves -
And then - He closes up -
And then He leans with all His Might
Upon a Buttercup -
And then He runs against
And oversets a Rose -
And then does Nothing -
Then away upon...
I envy Seas, whereon He rides -
I envy Spokes of Wheels
Of Chariots, that Him convey -
I envy Crooked Hills
That gaze upon His journey -
How easy all can see
What is forbidden utterly
As Eden - unto m...
Dovessi tu non farcela in - Mare -
Sotto i miei occhi -
O condannato fossi -
Al Nuovo Sole - a morire -
O bussassi - in Paradiso - inascoltato
Io tormenterei Dio
Finch? non ti lasciasse entrare!
If you were coming in the Fall,
I'd brush the Summer by
With half a smile, and half a spurn,
As Housewives do, a Fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls -
And put them each in ...
The Robin for the Crumb
Returns no syllable
But long records the Lady's name
In Silver Chronicle.
Dreams are the subtle Dower
That make us rich an Hour -
Then fling us poor
Out of the Purple Door
Into the Precinct raw
Possessed before.
Because my Brook is fluent
I know 'tis dry -
Because my Brook is silent
It is the Sea -
And startled at it's swelling
I try to flee
To where the Strong assure me
Is "no more Sea".
The rainbow never tells me
That gust and storm are by -
Yet is she more convincing
Than Philosophy.
My flowers turn from Forums -
Yet eloquent declare
What Cato couldn't prove me
Except the birds were...
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.
With sweetness unabated
Informed the hour had come
With no remiss of triumph
The autumn started home -
Her home to be with Nature
As competition done
By influential kinsmen
Invited to return
In supple...
I shall not murmur if at last
The ones I loved below
Permission have to understand
For what I shunned them so -
Divulging it would rest my Heart
But it would ravage their's -
Why, Katie, Treason has a...
Like Flowers, that heard the news of Dews,
But never deemed the dripping prize
Awaited their - low Brows -
Or Bees - that thought the Summer's name
Some rumor of Delirium,
No Summer - could - for Them...
Went to thank Her -
But She Slept -
Her Bed - a funneled Stone -
With Nosegays at the Head and Foot -
That Travellers - had thrown -
Who went to thank Her -
But She Slept -
'Twas Short - to cross the ...
To die - takes just a little while -
They say it doesn't hurt -
It's only fainter - by degrees -
And then - it's out of sight -
A darker Ribbon - for a Day -
A Crape upon the Hat -
And then the pretty...
Good Night! Which put the Candle out?
A jealous Zephyr - not a doubt -
Ah, friend, you little knew
How long at that celestial wick
The Angels - labored diligent -
Extinguished - now - for you!
It migh...