To imitate these Neighbors fleet
In awe and innocence, were meet.
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Not in this world to see his face
Where this is said to beBut just the primer to a lifeUnopened, rare, upon the shelf,Clasped yet to him and me.And yet, my primer suits me soI would not choose a book to knowThan that, be sweeter wise;Might some one else so learned be.And leave me just my A B C,Himself could have the skies.
Warm in her Hand these accents lie
The Grace so awkward for her sakeIts fond subjection wear –
As from the earth the light Balloon
As from the earth the light BalloonAsks nothing but release –Ascension that for which it was,Its soaring Residence.The spirit looks upon the DustThat fastened it so longWith indignation,As a BirdDefrauded of its song.
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The Flower—distinct and Red—I, passing, thought another NoonAnother in its steadWill equal glow, and thought no MoreBut came another DayTo find the Species disappeared—The Same Locality—The Sun in place—no other fraudOn Nature’s perfect Sum—Had I but lingered Yesterday—Was my retrieveless blame—Much Flowers of this and further ZonesHave perished in my HandsFor seeking its Resemblance—But unapproached…
I taste a liquor never brewed,
Not all the vats upon the RhineYield such an alcohol!Inebriate of air am I,And debauchee of dew,Reeling, through endless summer days,From inns of molten blue.When the landlord turn the drunken beeOut of the foxglove’s door,When butterflies renounce their drams,I shall but drink the more!Till seraphs swing their snowy hats,And saints to windows run,To see the…
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When Men so brave—are dead—One envies the Distinguished Dust—Permitted—such a Head—The Stone—that tells defending WhomThis Spartan put awayWhat little of Him we—possessedIn Pawn for Liberty—The price is great—Sublimely paid—Do we deserve—a Thing—That lives—like Dollars—must be piledBefore we may obtain?Are we that wait—sufficient worth—That such Enormous PearlAs life—dissolved be—for Us—In Battle’s—horrid Bowl?It may be—a Renown to…