Yet Both so well knew me
They startled, like Executors
Of My identity.
Yet Neither told—that I could learn—
My Secret as secure
As Herschel’s private interest
Or Mercury’s affair—
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But just a single smile—The smallest one upon your faceWill suit me just as well—The one that no one else would missIt shone so very small—I’m pleading at the ‘counter’—sir—Could you afford to sell—I’ve Diamonds—on my fingers—You know what Diamonds are?I’ve Rubies—live the Evening Blood—And Topaz—like the star!‘Twould be ‘a Bargain’ for a Jew!Say—may I…
Departed to the judgment,
Great clouds like ushers leaning,Creation looking on.The flesh surrendered, cancelledThe bodiless begun;Two worlds, like audiences, disperseAnd leave the soul alone.
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Lo, what ‘Augustan’ yearsOur feet await!If springs from winter rise,Can the AnemonesBe reckoned up?If night stands fast—then noonTo gird us for the sun,What gaze!When from a thousand skiesOn our developed eyesNoons blaze!
MINE enemy is growing old,
The palate of the hate departs;If any would avenge,Let him be quick, the viand flits,It is a faded meat.Anger as soon as fed is dead;‘T is starving makes it fat.
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Of a shapeless friend—He doth not attest by Posture—Nor Confirm—by Word—Neither Place—need I present Him—Fitter CourtesyHospitable intuitionOf His Company—Presence—is His furthest license—Neither He to MeNor Myself to Him—by Accent—Forfeit Probity—Weariness of Him, were quainterThan MonotonyKnew a Particle—of Space’sVast SocietyNeither if He visit Other—Do He dwell—or Nay—know I—But Instinct esteem HimImmortality—