I Had a Guinea Golden XXI Saturday Afternoon From all the jails the boys and girls
Ecstatically leap, —
Beloved, only afternoon
That prison doesn't keep. They storm the earth…
XXII Reticence The Lost Thought I felt a clearing in my mind
As if my brain had split;
I tried to match it, seam by seam,
But could not make them fit. The thought behind I…
Disenchantment Lost Joy Lost Faith To lose one's faith surpasses
The loss of an estate,
Because estates can be
Replenished, — faith cannot. Inherited with life,
Belief but…
Lost Faith XXXVIII Lost Joy I had a daily bliss
I half indifferent viewed,
Till sudden I perceived it stir, —
It grew as I pursued, Till when, around a crag,
It wasted from…
XXXIX Remembrance Alpine Glow Our lives are Swiss, —
So still, so cool,
Till, some odd afternoon,
The Alps neglect their curtains,
And we look farther on. Italy stands the…
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"Troubled About Many Things"
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I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why I failed…
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XXXVIII
Sleep is supposed to be,
By souls of sanity,
The shutting of the eye.
Sleep is the station grand
Down which on either hand
The hosts of witness stand!
Morn is…
Consecration Love Love's Humility My worthiness is all my doubt,
His merit all my fear,
Contrasting which, my qualities
Do lowlier appear; Lest I should insufficient prove…
Experience Childish Griefs Thanksgiving Day One day is there of the series
Termed Thanksgiving day,
Celebrated part at table,
Part in memory. Neither patriarch nor pussy,
I…
