A Book

9 months ago

There is no frigate like a bookTo take us lands away,Nor any coursers like a pageOf prancing poetry.This traverse may…

‘Twould ease—a Butterfly

9 months ago

'Twould ease—a Butterfly—Elate—a Bee—Thou'rt neither—Neither—thy capacity—But, Blossom, were I,I would rather beThy momentThan a Bee's Eternity—Content of fadingIs enough for…

‘Twas the old—road—through pain

9 months ago

'Twas the old—road—through pain—That unfrequented—one—With many a turn—and thorn—That stops—at Heaven—This—was the Town—she passed—There—where she—rested—last—Then—stepped more fast—The little tracks—close prest—Then—not…

‘Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch

9 months ago

'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch,That nearer, every Day,Kept narrowing its boiling WheelUntil the AgonyToyed coolly with the final…

‘Twas awkward, but it fitted me

9 months ago

'Twas awkward, but it fitted me—An Ancient fashioned Heart—Its only lore—its Steadfastness—In Change—unerudite—It only moved as do the Suns—For merit…

‘Tis true—They shut me in the Cold

9 months ago

'Tis true—They shut me in the Cold—But then—Themselves were warmAnd could not know the feeling 'twas—Forget it—Lord—of Them—Let not my…

‘Tis so much joy! ‘Tis so much joy!

9 months ago

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy!If I should fail, what poverty!And yet, as poor as I,Have ventured all…

‘Tis Opposites—entice

9 months ago

'Tis Opposites—entice—Deformed Men—ponder Grace—Bright fires—the Blanketless—The Lost—Day's face—The Blind—esteem it beEnough Estate—to see—The Captive—strangles new—For deeming—Beggars—play—To lack—enamor Thee—Tho' the Divinity—Be…

‘Tis not that Dying hurts us so

9 months ago

'Tis not that Dying hurts us so—'Tis Living—hurts us more—But Dying—is a different way—A Kind behind the Door—The Southern Custom—of…

‘Tis customary as we part’

9 months ago

'Tis customary as we partA trinket—to confer—It helps to stimulate the faithWhen Lovers be afar—'Tis various—as the various taste—Clematis—journeying far—Presents…