First line / title | Date | Recipient? | Ellipsis present? | Themes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Valentine Week | 1850 | Elbridge Gridley Bowdoin | no | relationships, love, nature |
There is another sky | 1851 | Austin Dickinson | yes | nature |
Sic transit gloria mundi | 1852 | none | yes | relationships |
On this wondrous sea - sailing silently | 1853 | Susan Dickinson | yes | nature |
I have a Bird in spring | 1854 | Susan Dickinson | yes | nature |
When Katie walks, this simple pair accompany her side | 1857 | Catherine Scott Turner Anthon | no | love |
A brief, but patient illness | 1858 | none | yes | darkness, religion |
A Day! Help! Help! Another Day! | 1858 | none | yes | time |
A sepal - petal - and a thorn | 1858 | none | yes | nature |
Adrift! A little boat adrift! | 1858 | none | yes | nature |
All these my banners be. | 1858 | none | yes | nature |
Frequently the woods are pink | 1858 | Susan Dickinson | yes | nature |
I robbed the woods | 1858 | none | yes | nature |
In the name of the bee | 1858 | none | no | animal, religion, nature |
Summer for thee, grant I may be | 1858 | none | yes | time, nature |
The Gentian weaves her fringes | 1858 | none | no | nature |
A darting fear - a pomp - a tear - | 1859 | Mary Haven | ambiguous | uncertainty |
A Lady red - amid the Hill | 1859 | Susan Dickinson | yes | nature |
A poor - torn heart - a tattered heart - | 1859 | Susan Dickinson | yes | love, nature |
All overgrown by cunning moss, | 1859 | none | yes | nature |
A feather from the Whippowil | 1860 | Samual Bowler and Mary Bowles | yes | nature, animal |
A fuzzy fellow, without feet | 1860 | none | yes | nature, animal |
A little Bread - a crust - a crumb - | 1860 | Susan Dickinson | yes | social class |
A Wounded Deer - leaps highest | 1860 | Susan Dickinson | no | nature, animal |
A Burdock - clawed my Gown | 1861 | Austin Dickinson | yes | nature, animal |
A Clock stopped | 1861 | none | yes | time |
A Mien to move a Queen | 1861 | none | ambiguous | social class |
A Charm invests a face | 1862 | none | yes | relationships |
A House upon the Hight | 1862 | none | yes | death |
A Solemn thing within the Soul | 1862 | none | yes | religion, nature |
Four Trees - upon a solitary Acre - | 1863 | none | yes | nature, solitude |
One need not be a Chamber - to be Haunted - | 1863 | Susan Dickinson | yes | emotion, the mind, supernatural, violence |
You left me - sire - two legacies - | 1863 | none | yes | love, time, relationships |
A Light exists in Spring | 1864 | Susan Dickinson | yes | nature, time |
Banish Air From Air | 1864 | none | yes | life, nature |
The Poets light but Lamps - | 1864 | none | yes | life, light, memory, writing |
A bold, inspiriting bird is the jay | 1865 | Susan Dickinson | yes | law, nature, war |
A narrow Fellow in the Grass | 1865 | T.W. Higginson | yes | emotion, nature |
Themself are all I have | 1865 | body | yes | the body, relationships, wealth |
A Death blow is a Life blow to Some | 1866 | T.W. Higginson | no | death, life |
At Half past Three, a single Bird | 1866 | Josiah and Elizabeth Holland | yes | life, music, nature |
I fit for them - | 1867 | none | yes | labor, the mind, solitude, writing |
Like Men and Women Shadows walk | 1867 | Susan Dickinson | yes | the mind, relationships, social norms |
Oh Sumptuous moment | 1868 | none | ambiguous | time, violence |
Shall I take thee, the Poet said | 1868 | none | yes | religion, war, writing |
A mine there is no man would own | 1869 | Susan Dickinson | ambiguous | labor, wealth |
A Spider sewed at Night | 1869 | Susan Dickinson | no | darkness, light, nature, religion, writing |
After a hundred years | 1869 | none | yes | nature, solitude, time, war |
A full fed Rose on meals of Tint | 1870 | Susan Dickinson | yes | death, love, nature |
A great hope fell | 1870 | none | yes | emotion, the mind, violence |
A little Dog that wags his tail | 1871 | Edward (Ned) Dickinson | yes | childhood, emotion, social norms |
A soft Sea washed around the House | 1871 | T.W. Higginson | yes | emotion, nature |
Alone and in a circumstance | 1871 | none | yes | law, solitude, violence |
A Sparrow took a Slice of Twig | 1872 | Susan Dickinson | yes | nature |
Now I knew I lost her - | 1872 | none | yes | memory, relationships |
We introduce ourselves | 1872 | none | yes | the mind, nature |
A Wind that rose | 1873 | T.W. Higginson | yes | the mind, nature, solitude |
A Word dropped careless on a Page | 1873 | Louise and Frances Norcross | no | the body, writing |
As summer into autumn slips | 1874 | Samuel Bowles | yes | nature, time |
Because that you are going | 1874 | T.W. Higginson | yes | death, life, love, relationships, religion |
Escape is such a thankful Word | 1875 | none | yes | death, emotion, religion |
To pile like Thunder to it's close | 1875 | Susan Dickinson | yes | death, love, religion, writing |
The Mind lives on the Heart | 1876 | T.W. Higginson | yes | the body, eating, emotion, the mind |
The worthlessness of Earthly things | 1876 | none | yes | nature, religion |
How lonesome the Wind must feel Nights - | 1877 | none | no | emotion, nature, solitude |
Of Paradise' existence | 1877 | none | yes | religion, uncertainty |
She laid her docile Crescent down | 1877 | T.W. Higginson | yes | death, time |
The Fact that Earth is Heaven - | 1877 | Austin Dickinson | yes | life, religion |
Go not too near a House of Rose - | 1878 | Sarah Tuckerman | no | emotion, nature, violence |
I thought the Train would never come - | 1878 | none | no | emotion, love |
A winged spark doth soar about - | 1879 | none | yes | light, nature |
His Cheek is his Biographer - | 1879 | Edward (Ned) Dickinson | no | the body, religion |
"And with what body do they come?" | 1880 | Perez Dickinson Cowan | ambiguous | the body, light, religion |
Summer is shorter than any one - | 1880 | none | yes | emotion, life, time |
A faded Boy - in sallow Clothes | 1881 | none | yes | nature, time |
My country need not change her gown, | 1881 | T. W. Higginson | yes | social class |
Meeting by Accident, | 1882 | none | yes | uncertainty |
As imperceptibly as Grief | 1882 | T. W. Higginson | yes | time, nature |
The Bird her punctual music brings | 1883 | none | no | music, animal |
Witchcraft was hung, in History, | 1883 | none | no | darkness |
Blossoms will run away, | 1883 | Cornelia (Nellie) Peck Sweetser | yes | nature |
To see her is a Picture - | 1883 | Susan Dickinson | yes | love |
Apparently with no surprise | 1884 | none | no | nature, light, religion |
So give me back to Death - | 1884 | none | yes | death |
The Auctioneer of Parting | 1884 | Mabel Todd | yes | uncertainty, death |
The going from a world we know | 1884 | Louise and Frances Norcross | no | death |
The earth has many keys. | 1885 | none | no | nature |
Go thy great way! | 1885 | Benjamin Kimball | yes | nature |
Of Glory not a Beam is left | 1886 | T. W. Higginson | yes | emotion, death |
The immortality she gave | 1886 | T. W. Higginson | yes | death |
Valentine
week
Awake
ye
muses
nine,
sing
me
a
strain
divine,
Unwind
the
solemn
twine,
and
tie
my
Valentine!
Oh
the
Earth
was
made
for
lovers,
for
damsel,
and
hopeless
swain,
For
sighing,
and
gentle
whispering,
and
unity
made
of
twain.
All
things
do
go
a
courting,
in
earth,
or
sea,
or
air,
God
hath
made
nothing
single
but
thee
in
His
world
so
fair!
The
bride,
and
then
the
bridegroom,
the
two,
and
then
the
one,
Adam,
and
Eve,
his
consort,
the
moon,
and
then
the
sun;
The
life
doth
prove
the
precept,
who
obey
shall
happy
be,
Who
will
not
serve
the
sovreign,
[...] will (verbal)
be
hanged
on
fatal
tree.
The
high
do
seek
the
lowly,
the
great
do
seek
the
small,
None
cannot
find
who
seeketh,
on
this
terrestial ball;
The
bee
doth
court
the
flower,
the
flower
his
suit
receives,
And
they
make
merry
wedding,
whose
guests
are
hundred
leaves;
The
wind
doth
woo
the
branches,
the
branches
they
are
won,
And
the
father
fond
demandeth
the
maiden
for
his
son.
The
storm
doth
walk
the
seashore
humming
a
mournful
tune,
The
wave
with
eye
so
pensive,
looketh
to
see
the
moon,
Their
spirits
meet
together,
they
make
them
solemn
vows,
No
more
he
singeth
mournful,
her
sadness
she
doth
lose.
The
worm
doth
woo
the
mortal,
death
claims
a
living
bride,
Night
unto
day
is
married,
morn
unto
eventide[...] is married (verbal);
Earth
is
a
merry
damsel,
and
heaven
a
knight
so
true,
And
Earth
is
quite
coquettish,
and
beseemeth
in
vain
to
sue.
Now
to
the
application,
to
the
reading
of
the
roll,
To
bringing
thee
to
justice,
and
marshalling
thy
soul:
Thou
art
a
human
solo,
a
being
cold,
and
lone,
[v1...]you (v1) (nominal)
[v2...]and (v2) (clausal)
Wilt
have
no
kind
companion,
[v2...]because (v2) (clausal)
thou
reap'st
what
thou
hast
sown.
Hast
[...] you (nominal)
never
silent
hours,
and
minutes
all
too
long,
And
a
deal
of
sad
reflection,
and
wailing
instead
of
song?
There's
Sarah,
and
Eliza,
and
Emeline
so
fair,
And
Harriet,
and
Susan,
and
she
with
curling
hair!
Thine
eyes
are
sadly
blinded,
but
yet
thou
mayest
see
Six
true,
and
comely
maidens
sitting
upon
the
tree;
Approach
that
tree
with
caution,
then
up
it
boldly
climb,
And
seize
the
one
thou
lovest,
nor
care
for
space,
or
time!
Then
bear
her
to
the
greenwood,
and
build
for
her
a
bower,
And
give
her
what
she
asketh,
[...] be it (clausal)
jewel,
or
bird,
or
flower
-
And
bring
the
fife,
and
trumpet,
and
beat
upon
the
drum
-
And
bid
the
world
Goodmorrow,
and
go
to
glory
home!
There
is
another
sky
[...] that is (verbal)
Ever
serene
and
fair,
And
there
is
another
sunshine,
Though
it
be
darkness
there;
Never
mind
faded
forests,
Austin,
Never
mind
silent
fields
-
Here
is
a
little
forest,
Whose
leaf
is
ever
green;
Here
is
a
brighter
garden,
Where
not
a
frost
has
been;
In
its
unfading
flowers
I
hear
the
bright
bee
hum;
Prithee,
my
brother,
Into
my
garden
come!
Sic
transit
gloria
mundi
"How
doth
the
busy
bee"
Dum
vivamus
vivamus
I
stay
mine
enemy!
Oh
veni
vidi
vici!
Oh
caput
cap-a-pie!
And
oh
"memento
mori"
When
I
am
far
from
thee
Hurrah
for
Peter Parley
Hurrah
for
Daniel Boone
Three
cheers
sir,
for
the
gentleman
Who
first
observed
the
moon
Peter
put
up
the
sunshine!
Pattie
arrange
the
stars
Tell
Luna,
tea
is
waiting
And
call
your
brother
Mars
Put
down
the
apple
Adam
And
come
away
with
me
So
shal't
thou
have
a
pippin
From
off
my
Father's
tree!
I
climb
the
"Hill of Science"
I
"view
the
Landscape
o'er"
Such
transcendental
prospect
I
ne'er
beheld
before!
Unto
the
Legislature
My
country
bids
me
go,
I'll
take
my
india
rubbers
In
case
the
wind
should
blow.
During my education
It
was
announced
to
me
That
gravitation
stumbling
Fell
from
an
apple tree
The
Earth
upon
its
axis
Was
once
supposed
to
turn
By
way
of
a
gymnastic
In
honor
to
the
sun
It
was
the
brave
Columbus
A
sailing
o'er
the
tide
Who
notified
the
nations
Of
where
I
would
reside
Mortality
is
fatal
Gentility
is
fine
Rascality,
[...] is (verbal)
heroic
Insolvency,
[...] is (verbal)
sublime
Our
Fathers
being
weary
Laid
down
on
Bunker Hill
And
though
full
many
a
morn'g
[...] are (verbal)
Yet
they
are
sleeping
still
The
trumpet
sir,
shall
wake
them
In
streams
I
see
them
rise
Each
with
a
solemn
musket
A
marching
to
the
skies!
A
coward
will
remain,
Sir,
Until
the
fight
is
done;
But
an
immortal
hero
Will
take
his
hat
and
run.
Good
bye
Sir,
I
am
going
My
country
calleth
me
Allow
me
Sir,
at
parting
To
wipe
my
weeping
e'e
In
token
of
our
friendship
Accept
this
"Bonnie Doon"
And
when
the
hand
that
pluck'd
it
Hath
passed
beyond
the
moon
The
memory
of
my ashes
Will
consolation
be
Then
farewell
Tuscarora
And
farewell
Sir,
to
thee.
On
this
wondrous
sea
[v1...]is the pilot (v1) (clausal)
-
sailing
silently
[v2...]is the pilot (v2) (clausal)
Ho!
Pilot!
Ho!
Knowest
thou
the
shore
Where
no
breakers
roar
-
[...] and (clausal)
Where
the
storm
is
o'er?
In
the
silent
West
Many
[...] (ambiguous)
-
the
sails
at
rest
-
The
anchors
fast.
Thither
I
pilot
thee
-
Land!
Ho!
Eternity!
Ashore
at
last!
I
have
a
Bird
in
spring
Which
for
myself
doth
sing
-
The
spring
decoys.
And
as
the
summer
nears
-
And
as
the
Rose
appears,
[...] the (nominal)
Robin
is
gone.
Yet
do
I
not
repine
Knowing
that
Bird
of
mine
Though
flown
-
Learneth
beyond
the
sea
Melody
new
for
me
And
will
return.
Fast
in
a
safer
hand
[...] and (clausal)
Held
in
a
truer
Land
Are
mine
-
And
though
they
now
depart,
Tell
I
my
doubting
heart
They're
thine.
In
a
serener
Bright,
[...] and (clausal)
In
a
more
golden
light
I
see
Each
little
doubt
and
fear,
[...] and (clausal)
Each
little
discord
here
Removed.
Then
will
I
not
repine,
Knowing
that
Bird
of
mine
Though
flown
Shall
in
a
distant
tree
Bright
melody
for
me
Return.
When
Katie
walks,
this
simple
pair
accompany
her
side,
When
Katie
runs
unwearied
they
follow
on
the
road,
When
Katie
kneels,
their
loving
hands
still
clasp
her
pious knee
Ah! Katie! Smile at Fortune, with two so knit to thee!
A
brief,
but
patient
illness
-
[...] (ambiguous)
An
hour
to
prepare
-
And
one
below,
this
morning
Is
where
the
angels
are
-
It
was
a
short
procession
-
The
Bobolink
was
there
-
An
aged
Bee
addressed
us
-
And
then
we
knelt
in
prayer
-
We
trust
that
she
was
willing
-
We
ask
that
we
may
be
-
[...] willing (verbal)
Summer
-
Sister
-
Seraph!
Let
us
go
with
thee!
A
Day!
Help!
Help!
Another
Day!
Your
prayers,
oh
Passer
by!
From
such
a
common
ball
as
this
Might
date
a
Victory!
From
marshallings
[...] just (clausal)
as
simple
The
flags
of
nations
swang.
[...] be (verbal)
Steady
-
my
soul:
What
issues
Upon
thine
arrow
hang!
A
sepal
-
[...] a (nominal)
petal
-
and
a
thorn
Opon
a
common
summer's morn
-
[...] (ambiguous)
A
flask
of
Dew
-
A
Bee
or
two
-
A
Breeze
[...] and (clausal)
-
a'caper
in
the
trees
-
[...] (ambiguous)
And
I'm
a
Rose!
Adrift!
A
little
boat
[...] is (verbal)
adrift!
And
night
is
coming
down!
Will
no
one
guide
a
little
boat
Unto
the
nearest
town?
So
sailors
say
-
on
yesterday
-
Just
as
the
dusk
was
brown
One
little
boat
gave up
it's
strife
And
gurgled
down
and
down.
So
angels
say
-
on
yesterday
-
Just
as
the
dawn
was
red
One
little
boat
-
o'erspent
with
gales
-
Retrimmed
it's
masts
-
redecked
it's
sails
-
And
shot
-
exultant
on!
All
these
my
banners
be.
I
sow
my
-
pageantry
In
May
-
It
rises
train
by
train
-
Then
sleeps
in
state
again
-
My
chancel
-
[...] is (verbal)
all
the
plain
Today.
Frequently
the
woods
are
pink
-
Frequently,
[...] the woods (nominal)
are
brown.
Frequently
the
hills
undress
Behind
my
native
town
-
Oft
a
head
is
crested
I
was
wont
to
see
-
And
as
oft
a
cranny
Where
it
used
to
be
-
And
the
Earth
-
they
tell
me
On
it's
axis
turned!
Wonderful
[...] (ambiguous)
By
but
twelve
performed!
I
robbed
the
Woods
[...] I robbed (clausal)
The
trusting Woods.
The
unsuspecting
Trees
Brought
out
their
Burs
and
mosses
My
fantasy
to
please.
I
scanned
their
trinkets
curious
-
I
grasped
-
I
bore
away
-
What
will
the
solemn
Hemlock
-
[...] say (verbal)
What
will
the
Oak tree
say?
In
the
name
of
the
Bee
-
And
of
the
Butterfly
-
And
of
the
Breeze
-
Amen!
Summer
for
thee,
grant
I
may
be
When
Summer
days
are
flown!
[...] grant I may be (clausal)
Thy
music
still,
when
Whippowil
And
Oriole
-
are
done!
The
Gentian
weaves
her
fringes
-
The
Maple's
loom
is
red
-
My
departing
blossoms
Obviate
parade.
A
darting
fear
-
a pomp
-
a tear
-
A
waking
on
the
morn
to
find
that
what
one
waked
for,
inhales
the
different
dawn.
A
Lady red
-
amid
the
Hill
Her
annual
secret
keeps!
A
Lady white,
within
the
Field
In
Placid Lily
sleeps!
The
tidy
Breezes,
with
their
Brooms
-
Sweep
vale
-
and
hill
-
and
tree!
Prithee,
My
pretty
Housewives!
Who
may
expected
be?
The
Neighbors
do
not
yet
suspect!
The
Woods
exchange
a
smile!
Orchard,
and
Buttercup,
and
Bird
[...] (ambiguous)
In
such
a
little while!
And
yet,
how
still
the
Landscape
stands!
How
nonchalant
[...] is (verbal)
the
Hedge!
[...] it is (clausal)
As
if
the
"Resurrection"
Were
nothing
very
strange!
A
poor
-
torn heart
-
a
tattered heart
-
That
[...] neither (clausal)
it
down
to
rest
-
Nor
noticed
that
the
Ebbing
Day
Flowed
silver
to
the
West
Nor
noticed
Night
did
soft
descend
-
Nor
Constellation
burn
-
Intent
upon
the
vision
Of
latitudes unknown.
[...] (ambiguous)
The
angels
-
happening
that
way
This
dusty
heart
espied
-
[...] the angels (nominal)
Tenderly
took
it
up
from
toil
And
carried
it
to
God
There
-
[...] (ambiguous)
sandals
for
the
Barefoot
-
There
-
gathered
from
the
gales
-
Do
the
blue
havens
by
the
hand
Lead
the
wandering
Sails.
All
overgrown
by
cunning
moss,
[...] and (clausal)
All
interspersed
with
weed,
The
little
cage
of
"Currer Bell"
In
quiet
"Haworth"
laid.
This
Bird
-
observing
others
[...] that (clausal)
When
frosts
too
sharp
became
Retire
to
other
latitudes
-
Quietly
did
the
same
-
But
[...] this bird (nominal)
differed
in
returning
-
Since
Yorkshire
hills
are
green
-
Yet
not
in
all
the
nests
I
meet
-
Can
Nightingale
be
seen
-
Or -
Gathered
from
many
wanderings
-
Gethsemane
can
tell
Thro'
what
transporting
anguish
She
reached
the
Asphodel!
Soft
fall
the
sounds
of
Eden
Upon
her
puzzled
ear
-
Oh
what
an
afternoon
for
Heaven,
When
"Bronte"
entered
there!
A
feather
from
the
Whippowil
That
everlasting
-
sings!
[...] and (clausal)
Whose
galleries
-
are
Sunrise
-
Whose
Opera
-
[...] is (verbal)
the Springs
-
Whose
Emerald Nest
the
Ages
spin
Of
mellow
-
murmuring
thread
-
Whose
Beryl Egg,
[...] is (verbal)
what
School
Boys
hunt
In
"Recess"
-
[...] is (verbal)
Overhead!
A
fuzzy fellow,
[...] is (verbal)
without
feet
-
Yet
[...] he (nominal)
doth
exceeding
run!
Of
velvet,
is
his
Countenance
-
And
his
complexion,
[...] is of (clausal)
dun!
Sometime,
he
dwelleth
in
the
grass!
Sometime,
[...] he dwelleth (clausal)
opon
a
bough,
From
which
he
doth
descend
in
plush
Opon
the
Passer-by!
All
this
[...] he does (clausal)
in
summer
-
But
when
winds
alarm
the
Forest Folk,
He
taketh
Damask
Residence
-
And
struts
in
sewing
silk!
Then,
finer
than
a
Lady,
[...] he (nominal)
Emerges
in
the
spring!
[...] with (clausal)
A
Feather
on
each
shoulder!
You'd
scarce
recognize
him!
By
men,
yclept
Caterpillar!
By
me!
[...] (ambiguous)
But
who
am
I,
To
tell
the
pretty
secret
Of
the
Butterfly!
A
little
Bread
-
a
crust
-
a
crumb
-
A
little
trust
-
[...] and (clausal)
a
demijohn
-
Can
keep
the
soul
alive
-
Not
portly,
mind!
but
[...] they can keep it (clausal)
breathing
-
warm
-
[...] and as (clausal)
Conscious
-
as
old
Napoleon,
The
night
before
the
Crown!
A
modest
lot
-
A
fame
petite
-
[...] and (clausal)
A
brief
Campaign
of
sting
and
sweet
Is
plenty!
Is
enough!
A
Sailor's
business
is
the
shore
A
Soldier's
-
balls!
Who
asketh
more,
Must
seek
the
neighboring
life!
A
Wounded
Deer
-
leaps
highest
-
I've
heard
the
Hunter
tell
-
'Tis
but
the
Extasy
of
death
-
And
then
the
Brake
is
still!
The
Smitten
Rock
that
gushes!
The
trampled
Steel
that
springs!
A
Cheek
is
always
redder
Just
where
the
Hectic
stings!
Mirth
is
the
Mail
of
Anguish
-
In
which
it
Cautious
Arm,
Lest
anybody
spy
the
blood
And
"you're
hurt"
exclaim!
A
Burdock
-
clawed
my
Gown
-
[...] it was (clausal)
Not
[...] the (clausal)
Burdock's
-
blame
-
But
mine
-
[...] it was I (clausal)
Who
went
too
near
The
Burdock's Den
-
A Bog
-
affronts
my
shoe
-
What
else
have
Bogs
-
to
do
-
The
only
Trade
they
know
-
[...] is (verbal)
The
splashing
Men!
Ah,
[...] what a (clausal)
pity
[...] it is (verbal)
-
then!
'Tis
Minnows
[...] who (nominal)
can
despise!
The
Elephants
-
[...] with (clausal)
calm
eyes
Look
further
on!
A
Clock stopped
-
[...] but it was (clausal)
Not
the
Mantel's
-
Geneva's
farthest
skill
Cant
put
the
puppet
bowing
-
That
just
now
dangled
still
-
An
awe
came
on
the
Trinket!
The
Figures
hunched,
With
pain
-
Then
quivered
out
of
Decimals
-
Into
Degreeless
Noon
-
It
will
not
stir
for
Doctor's
-
This
Pendulum
of
snow
-
The
Shopman
importunes
it
-
While
cool
-
concernless
No
-
Nods
from
the
Gilded
pointers
-
[...] and (clausal)
Nods
from
the
Seconds
slim
-
Decades
of
Arrogance
between
The
Dial
life
-
And
Him
-
A
Mien
to
move
a
Queen
-
Half
Child
-
Half
Heroine
An
Orleans
in
the
eye
That
puts
it's
manner
by
For
humbler
Company
When
none
are
near
Even
a
Tear
-
It's
frequent
Visitor
-
A
Bonnet
like
a
Duke
-
And
yet
a
Wren's
Peruke
Were
not
so
shy
Of
Goer
by
-
And
Hands
-
so
slight,
They
would
elate
a
sprite
With
merriment
-
A
Voice
that
alters
-
Low
And
on
the
ear
can
go
Like
Let
of
Snow
-
Or
shift
supreme
-
As
tone
of
Realm
On
Subjects
Diadem
-
Too
small
-
to
fear
-
Too
distant
-
to
endear
-
And
so
Men
Compromise
-
And
Men
-
too
Brigadier
-
And
just
-
revere
-
A
Charm
invests
a
face
[...] that is (clausal)
Imperfectly
beheld
-
The
Lady
dare
not
lift
her
Vail
For
fear
it
be
dispelled
-
But
peers
beyond
her
mesh
-
And
wishes
-
and
denies
-
Lest
Interview
-
annul
a
want
That
Image
-
satisfies
-
[...] there was (clausal)
A
House
upon
the
Hight
-
That
[...] a (nominal)
Wagon
never
reached
-
[...] where (clausal)
No
Dead,
were
ever
carried
down
-
[...] and (clausal)
No
Peddler's
Cart
-
approached
-
[...] there was a house (clausal)
Whose
Chimney
never
smoked
-
Whose
Windows
-
Night
and
Morn
-
Caught
Sunrise
first
-
and
Sunset
-
last
-
Then
-
held
an
Empty
Pane
-
[...] there was a house (clausal)
Whose
fate
-
Conjecture
knew
-
[...] and (clausal)
No
other
neighbor
-
did
-
And
what
it
was
-
we
never
lisped
-
Because
He
-
never
told
-
[...] it is (verbal)
A
Solemn
thing
within
the
Soul
To
feel
itself
get
ripe
-
And
golden
hang
-
while
farther
up
-
The
Maker's
Ladders
stop
-
And
in
the
Orchard
far
below
-
You
hear
a
Being
-
drop
-
[...] it is (verbal)
A
Wonderful
[...] thing within the soul (clausal)
-
to
feel
the
Sun
Still
toiling
at
the
Cheek
You
thought
was
finished
-
Cool
of
eye,
and
critical
of
Work
-
He
shifts
the
stem
-
a
little
-
To
give
your
Gore
-
a
look
-
But
solemnest
[...] it is (verbal)
-
to
know
Your
chance
in
Harvest
moves
A
little
nearer
-
Every
Sun
[...] (ambiguous)
The
Single
-
to
some
lives.
Four
Trees
-
upon
a
solitary
Acre
-
Without
Design
Or
Order,
or
Apparent
-
Action
-
Do
-
-
Maintain
-
The Sun
-
upon
a
Morning
meets
them
-
The Wind
[...] (ambiguous)
-
No nearer Neighbor - have they -
But
God
-
The
Acre
gives
them
-
Place
-
They
[...] give (verbal)
-
Him
-
Attention
of
Passer
by
-
Of
Shadow,
or
of
Squirrel,
haply
-
Or
Boy
-
What
Deed
is
Their's
unto
the
General
Nature
-
What
Plan
They
severally
-
retard
-
or
further
-
[...] (ambiguous)
Unknown
-
One
need
not
be
a
Chamber
-
to
be
Haunted
-
One
need
not
be
a
House
-
[...] to be haunted (clausal)
The
Brain
has
Corridors
-
surpassing
Material
Place
-
Far
safer,
of
a
Midnight
Meeting
[...] is an (verbal)
External Ghost
Than
it's interior
Confronting
-
That
Cooler
Host.
Far
safer,
through
an
Abbey
gallop,
The
Stones
a'chase
-
Than
Unarmed,
one's
a'self
encounter
-
In
lonesome Place
-
Ourself behind ourself,
concealed
-
Should
startle
[...] (nominal)
most
-
Assassin
hid
in
our
Apartment
Be
Horror's
least.
The
Body
-
borrows
a
Revolver
-
He
bolts
the
Door
-
O'erlooking
a
superior
spectre
-
Or
More
-
You
left
me
-
Sire
-
two
Legacies
-
[...] you left me (clausal)
A Legacy of Love
A
Heavenly Father
would
-
suffice
Had
He
the
offer
of
-
[...] (ambiguous)
You
left
me
Boundaries
of
Pain
-
[v1...]that were (v1) (clausal)
Capacious
as
the
Sea
-
Between
Eternity
and
Time
-
[v1...]are (v1) (verbal)
[v2...]and between (v2) (clausal)
Your
Consciousness
-
and
Me
-
A
Light
exists
in
Spring
Not
present
on
the
Year
At
any other period
-
When
March
is
scarcely
here
A
Color
stands
abroad
On
Solitary
Fields
That
Science
cannot
overtake
But
Human Nature
feels.
It
waits
upon
the
Lawn,
It
shows
the
furthest
Tree
Upon
the
furthest
Slope
you
know
It
almost
speaks
to
you.
Then
as
Horizons
step
Or
Noons
report
away
Without
the
Formula of sound
It passes
and
we stay
-
[...] with (clausal)
A
quality
of
loss
Affecting
our
Content
As
Trade
had
suddenly
encroached
Upon
a
Sacrament.
[...] you (nominal)
Banish
Air from Air
-
[...] you (nominal)
Divide
Light
if
you
dare
-
They'll
meet
While
Cubes
in
a
Drop
Or
Pellets
of
Shape
Fit.
Films
cannot
annul
Odors
return
whole
[...] (ambiguous)
Force
Flame
And
with
a
Blonde
push
Over
your
impotence
Flits
Steam.
The
Poets
light
[v1...] (v1) (nominal)
[v2...]nothing (v2) (clausal)
but
Lamps
-
[v2...]they (v2) (nominal)
Themselves
-
go out
-
The
Wicks
they
stimulate
-
If
vital
Light
Inhere
as
do
the
Suns
-
Each
Age
[...] is (verbal)
a
Lens
Disseminating their
Circumference
-
A
prompt
-
executive
Bird
is
the
Jay
-
[...] he is (clausal)
Bold
as
a
Bailiff's
Hymn
-
Brittle
and
Brief
in
quality
-
[...] and (clausal)
Warrant
in
every
Line
-
Sitting
a
Bough
like
a
Brigadier
Confident
and
straight
-
Much
is
the
mien
of
him
in
March
As
a
Magistrate
-
A narrow Fellow
in
the
Grass
Occasionally
rides
-
[v1...] (v1) (nominal)
[v2...] (v2) (verbal)
You
may
have
met
Him
-
did
you
not
His
notice
sudden
is
-
The
Grass
divides
as
with
a
Comb
-
A
spotted
shaft
is
seen
-
And
then
it
closes
at
your
feet
And
opens
further
on
-
He
likes
a
Boggy Acre
A
Floor
too
cool
for
Corn
-
Yet
when a Boy,
and
Barefoot
-
I
more
than
once
at
Noon
Have
passed,
I
thought,
a
Whip
lash
Unbraiding
in
the
Sun
When
stooping
to
secure
it
It
wrinkled,
and
was gone
-
Several
of
Nature's
People
I
know,
and
they
know
me
-
I
feel
for
them
a
transport
Of
cordiality
-
But
[...] I (nominal)
never
met
this
Fellow
Attended,
or
alone
Without
a
tighter breathing
And
Zero
at
the
Bone
-
[...] they (nominal)
Themself
are
all
I
have
-
[...] I (nominal)
Myself
a
freckled
[...] (nominal)
-
be
-
I
thought
you'd
choose
a
Velvet
Cheek
Or
one
of
Ivory
-
Would
you
[...] (clausal)
-
instead
of
Me?
A
Death blow
is
a
Life blow
to
Some
Who
till
they
died,
did
not
alive
become
-
Who
had
they
lived,
had
died
but
when
They
died,
Vitality
begun.
At Half past Three,
a
single
Bird
Unto
a
silent
Sky
Propounded
but
a
single
term
Of
cautious
melody.
At Half past Four,
Experiment
Had
subjugated
test
And
lo,
Her
silver
Principle
Principle
Supplanted
all
the
rest.
At Half past Seven,
Element
Nor
Implement,
[...] could (verbal)
be
seen
-
And
Place
was
where
the
Presence
was
Circumference between.
I
fit
for
them
-
I
seek
the
Dark
Till
I
am
thorough
fit.
The
labor
is
a
sober
one
With
the
austerer
sweet
-
an
-
this
-
With
this
sufficient sweet
That
abstinence
of
mine
produce
A
purer
food
for
them,
if
I
succeed,
If
not
I
had
The
transport of the Aim
-
Like
Men
and
Women
Shadows
walk
Upon
the
Hills
Today
-
With
here
and
there
a
mighty Bow
Or
trailing
Courtesy
To
Neighbors
doubtless
of
their
own
[...] and (clausal)
Not
quickened
to
perceive
Minuter
landscape as Ourselves
And
Boroughs
where
we
live
-
Oh
Sumptuous
moment
Slower
go
That
I
may
gloat
on
thee
-
'Twill
never
be
the
same
to
starve
Now
I
abundance
see
-
Which
was
to
famish,
then
or
now
-
The
difference
of
Day
Ask
him
unto
the
Gallows
led
-
By
With
morning
in
the
sky
Shall
I
take
thee,
the
Poet
said
To
the
propounded
word?
Be
stationed
with
the
Candidates
Till
I
have
finer
tried
-
The
Poet
searched
Philogy
And
was
about
to
ring
for
the
suspended
Candidate
[...] when (clausal)
There
came
unsummoned
in
-
That
portion
of
the
Vision
The
Word
applied
to
fill
Not
unto
nomination
The
Cherubim
reveal
-
A
Mine
there
is
no Man would own
But
must
it
be
conferred,
Demeaning
by
exclusive
wealth
A
Universe
beside
-
Potosi
never
to
be
spent
But
hoarded
in
the
mind
What
Misers
wring their
hands
tonight
For
Indies
in
the
Ground!
A
Spider
sewed
at
Night
Without
a
Light
Upon
an
Arc of White.
If
Ruff
it
was
of
Dame
Or
Shroud
of
Gnome
Himself
himself
inform.
Of
Immortality
His
Strategy
Was
Physiognomy.
After a hundred years
Nobody
knows
the
Place
Agony
that
enacted there
Motionless
as
Peace
Weeds
triumphant
ranged
Strangers
strolled
and
spelled
At
the
lone
Orthography
Of
the
Elder
Dead
Winds
of
Summer Fields
Recollect
the
way
-
Instinct
[...] is (verbal)
picking
up
the
Key
Dropped
by
memory
-
A
full fed
Rose
on
meals
of
Tint
A
Dinner
for
a
Bee
In
[...] the (nominal)
process
of
the
Noon
became
-
Each
bright
Mortality
The
Forfeit
is
of
Creature
fair
Itself,
[...] is (verbal)
adored
before
Submitting
for
our
unknown
sake
To
be
esteemed
no
more
A
great
Hope fell
You
heard
no
crash
noise
The
Ruin
was
within
Oh
cunning
[...] was the (clausal)
wreck
that
told no tale
And
let no Witness in
The mind
was
built
for
mighty Freight
[...] and (clausal)
For
dread
occasion
planned
How
often
[...] the mind is (clausal)
foundering
at
Sea
[...] but (clausal)
Ostensibly,
[...] is not foundering (clausal)
on
Land
[...] there was (clausal)
A
not
admitting
of
the
wound
Until
it
grew
so
wide
That
all
my
Life
had
entered
it
And
there
were
troughs
beside
[...] there was (clausal)
A
closing of the simple lid
That
opened
to
the
sun
Until
the
tender
Carpenter
Perpetual
nail it down
-
A
little
Dog
that
wags
his
tail
And
knows
no
other
joy
Of
such
a
little
Dog
am
I
Reminded
by
a Boy
Who
gambols
all the living Day
Without
an
earthly
cause
Because he is a little Boy
I
honestly
suppose
-
The Cat
that
in
the
Corner
dwells
Her
martial
Day
forgot
The
Mouse
but
a
Tradition
now
Of
her
desireless
Lot
Another
class
remind
me
Who
neither
please
nor
play
But
not
to
make
a
"bit
of
noise"
Beseech
each
little Boy
-
A
soft Sea
washed
around
the
House
[v1...]it was (v1) (clausal)
A
Sea
of
Summer Air
And
[v1...]it (v1) (nominal)
rose
and
fell
the
magic
Planks
That
sailed
without
a
care
-
For
[...] the (nominal)
Captain
was
the
Butterfly
For
[...] the (nominal)
Helmsman
was
the
Bee
And
an
entire
universe
For
the
delighted
crew.
Alone
and
in
a
Circumstance
Reluctant
to
be
told
A
spider
on
my
reticence
Assiduously
crawled
And
so
much
more
at
Home
than
I
[...] it (nominal)
Immediately
grew
I
felt
myself
a
visitor
And
hurriedly withdrew
Revisiting
my
late
abode
With
articles of claim
I
found
it
quietly
assumed
As
a
Gymnasium
Where
Tax
asleep
and
Title
off
The
Peasants
inmates
of
the
Air
Perpetual
presumption
took
As
each
were
special
Heir
-
If
any
strike me
on
the
street
I
can
return the Blow
-
If
any
take
my
property
According
to
the
Law
The
Statute
is
my
Learned
friend
But
what
redress
can
be
For
an
offense
nor
here
nor
there
So
not
in
Equity
-
That
Larceny
of
time
and
mind
The
marrow
of
the
Day
By
spider,
or
forbid
it
Lord
That
I should specify.
A
Sparrow
took
a
Slice of Twig
And
thought
it
[...] was (verbal)
very
nice
I
think,
because
his
empty Plate
Was
handed
Nature
twice
-
Invigorated,
[...] he (nominal)
waded
In
all
the deepest Sky
Until
his
little
Figure
Was
forfeited away
-
Now
I
knew
I
lost
her
-
[...] it was (clausal)
Not
that
she
was
gone
-
But
Remoteness
travelled
On
her
Face and Tongue.
[...] she was (clausal)
Alien,
though
adjoining
As
a
Foreign
Race
-
Traversed
she
though
pausing
[...] at (clausal)
>Latitudeless
Place.
Elements
[...] were (verbal)
Unaltered
-
[...] the (nominal)
Universe
[...] was (verbal)
the
same
But
Love's
transmigration
-
Somehow
this
had come
-
Henceforth
to
remember
Nature
took
the
Day
I
had
paid so much for
-
His
is
Penury
Not
[...] he (nominal)
who
toils
for
Freedom
Or
for
Family
But
[...] he who toils for (clausal)
the
Restitution
Of
Idolatry.
We
introduce
ourselves
To
Planets
and
to
Flowers
But
with
ourselves
[...] we (nominal)
Have
etiquettes
Embarrassments
And
awes
A Wind
that
rose
Though
not
a
Leaf
In
any
Forest
stirred
But
with
itself
did
cold
engage
Beyond
the
Realm
of
Bird
-
A
Wind
that
woke
a
lone
Delight
Like
Separation's
Swell
[...] was (verbal)
Restored
in
Arctic
Confidence
To
the Invisible
-
A
Word
dropped
careless
on
a
Page
May
stimulate
an
eye
When
folded
in
perpetual
seam
The
Wrinkled
Maker
lie
Infection
in
the
sentence
breeds
We
may
inhale
Despair
At
distances of Centuries
From
the
Malaria
-
As
Summer
into
Autumn
slips
[...] (clausal)
And
yet
we
sooner
say
"The Summer" than "the Autumn",
lest
We
turn
the
Sun
away,
And
almost
count
it
an
Affront
the
presence
to
concede
Of
one
however
lovely,
not
The
one
that
we
have
loved
-
So
we
evade
the
Charge
of
Years
On
one
attempting
shy
The
Circumvention
of
the
Shaft
Of
Life's
declivity.
Because
that
you
are
going
And
never
coming back
-
And
I,
however
absolute
May
overlook
your
track,
Because
that
Death is final
However
first
it
be
This
instant
be
suspended
Above
Mortality
Significance
that
each
has
lived
The
other
to
detect
[...] is (verbal)
Discovery
not
God
himself
Could
now
annihilate
-
Eternity,
Presumption
The
instant
I
perceive
That
you,
who
were
Existence
Yourself
forgot
to
live
-
The
"Life that
is"
will
then
have
been
A
Thing
I
never
knew
As
Paradise
fictitious
Until
the
Realm
of
you
-
The
"Life
that
is to be"
to
me
A
Residence
too
plain
Unless
in
my
Redeemer's
face
I
recognize
your
own
-
Of
Immortality
who
doubts
He
may
exchange
with
me
Curtailed
by
your
obscuring
face
Of
Everything
but
he
Of
Heaven
and
Hell
I
also
yield
The Right to
reprehend
To
whoso
would
commute
this
Face
For
his
less
priceless
Friend.
If
"God
is
Love"
as
he
admits
We
think
that
he
must
be
Because
he
is
a
"jealous
God"
He
tells
us
certainly
If
"All is possible
with"
him
As
he
besides
concedes
He
will
refund
us
finally
Our
confiscated
Gods
-
Escape
is
such
a
thankful
Word
I
often
in
the
Night
Consider
it
unto
myself
No
spectacle
[...] is (verbal)
in
sight
Escape
-
it
is
the
Basket
In
which
the
Heart
is
caught
When
down
some
awful
Battlement
The
rest
of
Life
is
dropt
-
'Tis
not
to
sight
the savior
-
It
is
to
be
the
saved
-
And
that
is
why
I
lay
my Head
Upon
this
trusty
word
-
To
pile
like
Thunder
to
it's
close
Then
crumble grand away
While
Everything
created
hid
This
-
would
be
Poetry
-
Or
[...] this would be (clausal)
Love
-
the
two
coeval
come
-
We
both
and
neither
prove
-
[...] (ambiguous)
Experience
either
and
consume
-
For
None
see
God
and
live
-
The Mind
lives
on
the
Heart
Like
any
Parasite
-
If
that
is
full
of
Meat
The Mind
is
fat.
But
if
the
Heart
omit
[...] and (clausal)
Emaciate
the
Wit
-
The
Aliment
of
it
[...] is (verbal)
So
absolute.
The
worthlessness
of
Earthly things
The
Ditty
is
that
Nature
Sings
-
And
then
-
[...] it (nominal)
enforces
their
delight
Till
Synods
are
inordinate
-
How
lonesome
the
Wind
must
feel
Nights
-
When
People
have
put
out
the
Lights
And
everything
that
has
an
Inn
Closes
the
shutter
and
goes
in
-
How
pompous
the
Wind
must
feel
Noons
Stepping
to
incorporeal
Tunes
Correcting
errors
of
the sky
And
clarifying
scenery
How
mighty
the
Wind
must
feel
Morns
Encamping
on
a
thousand dawns
Espousing
each
and
spurning
all
Then
soaring
to
his
Temple
Tall
-
Of
Paradise'
existence
All
we
know
Is
the
uncertain certainty
-
But
it's
vicinity
[...] we can (clausal)
infer,
By
it's
Bisecting
Messenger
-
She
laid
her
docile
Crescent
down
And
this
confiding Stone
Still
states
to
Dates
that
have
forgot
The
News
that
she is gone
-
So
constant
to
it's
stolid
trust,
[...] is (verbal)
The
Shaft
that
never
knew
-
It
shames
the
Constancy
that
fled
Before
it's
emblem
flew
-
The
Fact
that
Earth
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
[...] must confirm us (clausal)
that
it
would
affront
us
To
dwell
in
such a place
-
Go
not
too
near
a
House
of
Rose
-
The
depredation
of
a
Breeze
Or
inundation
of
a
Dew
Alarm it's walls away
-
Nor
try
to
tie
the
Butterfly,
Nor
climb
the
Bars
of
Ecstasy,
In
insecurity
to
lie
Is
Joy's
insuring
quality.
I
thought
the
Train
would
never
come
-
How
slow
the
whistle
sang
-
I
don't
believe
a
peevish
Bird
So
whimpered
for
the Spring
-
I
taught my Heart
a
hundred
times
Precisely
what
to
say
-
Provoking
Lover,
when
you
came
It's
Treatise
flew away
To
hide
my
strategy
too
late
To
wiser
be
too
soon
-
For
miseries
so
halcyon
The
happiness
atone
-
A winged spark
doth
soar
about
-
I
never
met
it
near
For
Lightning
it
is
oft
mistook
When
nights
are
hot
and
sere
-
It's
twinkling
Travels
it
pursues
Above
the
Haunts
of
men
-
A
speck
of
Rapture
-
first
perceived
By
feeling
it is gone
-
[...] is (verbal)
Rekindled
by
some
action
quaint
His Cheek
is
his
Biographer
-
As
long
as
he
can
blush
Perdition
is
Opprobrium
-
Past
that,
he
sins
in
peace
-
"And
with
what
body
do
they
come?"
-
Then
they
do
come
-
Rejoice!
What
Door
-
What
Hour
-
Run
-
run
-
My
Soul!
Illuminate
the
House!
"Body!"
Then
real
-
a
Face
and
Eyes
-
To
know
that
it
is
them!
-
Paul
knew
the
Man
that
knew
the News
-
He
passed
through
Bethlehem
-
Summer is shorter
than
any
one
-
Life
is
shorter than Summer
-
Seventy Years is spent
as
quick
As
an
Only
Dollar
-
Sorrow
-
now
-
is
polite
-
and
stays
-
See
how
well
we
spurn
him
-
[...] We spurn him (clausal)
Equally
to
abhor
Delight
-
[...] and (clausal)
Equally
retain
him
-
A
faded
Boy
-
in
sallow
Clothes
Who
drove
a
lonesome
Cow
To
pastures
of
Oblivion
-
[v1...]is (v1) (verbal)
[v2...] (v2) (clausal)
A
statesman's
Embryo
-
[v2...] (v2) (clausal)
The
Boys
that
whistled
are
extinct
-
The
Cows
that
fed
and
thanked
[...] are (verbal)
Remanded
to
a
Ballad's
Barn
Or
Clover's
Retrospect
-
My
country
need
not
change
her
gown,
Her
triple
suit
[...] is (verbal)
as
sweet
As
when
'twas
cut
at
Lexington,
And
first
pronounced
"a
fit."
Great Britain
disapproves,
"the stars";
Disparagement
discreet,
-
There's
something
in
their
attitude
That
taunts
her
bayonet.
Meeting
by
Accident,
We
hovered
by
design
-
As
often
as
a
Century
An
error
so
divine
Is
ratified
by
Destiny,
But
Destiny
is
old
And
[...] is as (clausal)
economical of Bliss
As
Midas
is
of
Gold
-
As
imperceptibly
as
Grief
The
Summer
lapsed
away
-
[...] it was (clausal)
Too
imperceptible
at
last
To
seem
like
Perfidy
-
A
Quietness
distilled
As
Twilight
long
begun,
Or
Nature
spending
with
herself
[...] a (nominal)
Sequestered
Afternoon
-
The
Dusk
drew
earlier
in
-
The
Morning
foreign
shone
-
A
courteous,
yet
harrowing
Grace,
As
Guest,
that
would
be
gone
-
And
thus,
without
a
Wing
Or
service
of
a
Keel
Our
Summer
made
her
light
escape
Into
the
Beautiful.
The
Bird
her
punctual
music
brings
And
lays
it
in
its
place
-
It's
place
is
in
the
Human Heart
And
in
the
Heavenly
Grace
-
What
respite
from
her
thrilling
toil
Did
Beauty
ever
take
-
But
Work
might
be
electric
Rest
To
those
that
Magic
make
-
Witchcraft
was
hung,
in
History,
But
History and I
Find
all
the
Witchcraft
that
we
need
Around
us,
every
Day
-
Blossoms
will
run
away,
Cakes
[...] will (verbal)
reign
but
a
Day,
But
Memory
like
Melody
Is
pink
Eternally.
To
see
her
is
a
Picture
-
To
hear
her
is
a
Tune
-
To
know
her
[...] is (verbal)
an
Intemperance
As
innocent
as
June
-
To
know
her
not
[...] is an (clausal)
-
Affliction
-
To
own
her
for
a
Friend
[...] is (verbal)
A
warmth
as
near
as
if
the
Sun
Were
shining
in
your
Hand.
Apparently
with
no
surprise
To
any
happy
Flower
The
Frost
beheads
it
at
it's
play
-
In
accidental
power
-
The
blonde
Assassin
passes
on
-
The
Sun
proceeds
unmoved
To
measure
off
another
Day
For
an
Approving
God.
So
[...] you (nominal)
give
me
back
to
Death
-
[...] give me back to (clausal)
The
Death
I
never
feared
Except
that
it
deprived
[...] me (nominal)
of
thee
-
And
now,
by
Life
deprived,
In
my
own
Grave
I
breathe
And
estimate
it's
size
-
It's
size
is
all
that
Hell
can
guess
-
And
[...] it's size is (clausal)
all
that
Heaven
[...] can (verbal)
surmise/was
-
The
Auctioneer
of
Parting
[...] with (clausal)
His
"Going,
going,
gone"
Shouts
even
from
the
Crucifix,
And
brings
his
Hammer
down
-
He
only
sells
the
Wilderness,
The
prices
of
Despair
Range
from
a
single
human Heart
To
Two
[...] human hearts (nominal)
-
[...] (clausal)
not
any
more
-
The going from a world we know
To
one a wonder still
Is
like
the
child's
adversity
Whose
vista
is
a
hill,
Behind
the
hill
is
sorcery
And
everything
unknown,
But
will
the
secret
compensate
For
climbing
it
alone?
The
earth
has
many
keys.
Where
melody
is
not
Is
the
unknown
peninsula.
beauty
is
nature's
fact.
But
witness
for
her
land
And
witness
for
her
sea,
The
cricket
is
her
utmost
Of
elegy
to
me.
[...] you (nominal)
Go
thy
great
way!
The
Stars
thou
meetst
Are
even
as
Thyself
-
For
what
are
Stars
but
Asterisks
To
point
a
human
Life?
Of
Glory
not
a
Beam
is
left
But
her
Eternal
House
-
The
Asterisk
is
for
the
Dead,
The
Living,
[...] is (verbal)
for
the
Stars
-
The
immortality
she
gave
[...] us (nominal)
We
borrowed
at
her
Grave
-
For
just
one
Plaudit
[...] was (verbal)
famishing,
The
Might
of
Human
love
-