Safe in their alabaster chambers,

On Brazilian Pampas—Just at noon—no later—Sweet—Then—the License closes—Some such Spice—express and pass—Subject to Your Plucking—As the Stars—You knew last Night—Foreigners—This Morning—

And grateful that a thingSo terrible—had been endured—I told my Soul to sing—She said her Strings were snapt—Her Bow—to Atoms blown—And so to mend her—gave me workUntil another Morn—And then—a Day as hugeAs Yesterdays in pairs,Unrolled its horror in my face—Until it blocked my eyes—My Brain—begun to laugh—I mumbled—like a fool—And tho’ ’tis Years ago—that…

We actually HearWhen We inspect—that’s audible—That is admitted—Here—For other Services—as Sound—There hangs a smaller EarOutside the Castle—that Contain—The other—only—Hear—

So larger to my EyesThat I stopped gauging—satisfied—For this enchanted size—It was the limit of my Dream—The focus of my Prayer—A perfect—paralyzing Bliss—Contented as Despair—I knew no more of Want—or Cold—Phantasms both becomeFor this new Value in the Soul—Supremest Earthly Sum—The Heaven below the Heaven above—Obscured with ruddier Blue—Life’s Latitudes leant over—full—The Judgment perished—too—Why Bliss…

What, when the Rose is ripe—What when the Eggs fly off in MusicFrom the Maple Keep?What shall I do when the Skies a’chirrupDrop a Tune on me—When the Bee hangs all Noon in the ButtercupWhat will become of me?Oh, when the Squirrel fills His PocketsAnd the Berries stareHow can I bear their jocund FacesThou from…

A Robber’d like the look of—Wooden barred,And Windows hanging low,Inviting to—A Portico,Where two could creep—One—hand the Tools—The other peep—To make sure All’s Asleep—Old fashioned eyes—Not easy to surprise!How orderly the Kitchen’d look, by night,With just a Clock—But they could gag the Tick—And Mice won’t bark—And so the Walls—don’t tell—None—will—A pair of Spectacles ajar just stir—An…