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The Ruin was withinOh cunning wreck that told no taleAnd let no Witness inThe mind was built for mighty FreightFor dread occasion plannedHow often foundering at SeaOstensibly, on LandA not admitting of the woundUntil it grew so wideThat all my Life had entered itAnd there were troughs besideA closing of the simple lidThat opened to…

‘How doth the busy bee,’‘Dum vivimus 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 gentlemanWho first observed the moon!Peter, put up the sunshine;Patti, arrange the stars;Tell Luna, tea is waiting,And call your brother Mars!Put down the…

They tell it to the Hills—The Hills just tell the Orchards—And they—the Daffodils!A Bird—by chance—that goes that way—Soft overhears the whole—If I should bribe the little Bird—Who knows but she would tell?I think I won’t—however—It’s finer—not to know—If Summer were an Axiom—What sorcery had Snow?So keep your secret—Father!I would not—if I could,Know what the Sapphire…

Means Dominion –Warms some poor nameThat never felt the Sun,Gently replacingIn oblivion –

Land—by the Oceans passed.Transport—by throe—Peace—by its battles told—Love, by Memorial Mold—Birds, by the Snow.

So differ Life and DeathIn positive Prospective—The Foot upon the EarthAt Distance, and Achievement, strains,The Foot upon the GraveMakes effort at conclusionAssisted faint of Love.