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And stop to feed itself at tanks;And then, prodigious, stepAround a pile of mountains,And, supercilious, peerIn shanties by the sides of roads;And then a quarry pareTo fit its sides, and crawl between,Complaining all the whileIn horrid, hooting stanza;Then chase itself down the hillAnd neigh like Boanerges;Then, punctual as a star,Stop – docile and omnipotent –At…

When I forget to tease—They’ll recollect how cold I lookedAnd how I just said ‘Please.’Then They will hasten to the DoorTo call the little GirlWho cannot thank Them for the IceThat filled the lisping full.

Death, the only OneYou cannot find out all aboutIn his ‘native town.’Nobody know ‘his Father’—Never was a Boy—Hadn’t any playmates,Or ‘Early history’—Industrious! Laconic!Punctual! Sedate!Bold as a Brigand!Stiller than a Fleet!Builds, like a Bird, too!Christ robs the Nest—Robin after RobinSmuggled to Rest!

And Fear—is like the OneBetween the instant of a WreckAnd when the Wreck has been—The Mind is smooth—no Motion—Contented as the EyeUpon the Forehead of a Bust—That knows—it cannot see—

I thought it would be opposite—But when his power dropped—My Soul grew straight.I cheered my fainting Prince—I sang firm—even—Chants—I helped his Film—with Hymn—And when the Dews drew offThat held his Forehead stiff—I met him—Balm to Balm—I told him Best—must passThrough this low Arch of Flesh—No Casque so braveIt spurn the Grave—I told him Worlds I…

That rambles in the Road alone,And doesn’t care about CareersAnd Exigencies never fears—Whose Coat of elemental BrownA passing Universe put on,And independent as the SunAssociates or glows alone,Fulfilling absolute DecreeIn casual simplicity—