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THE LONELY HOUSE
2023-12-06I know some lonely houses off the roadA robber 'd like the look of, --Wooden barred,And windows hanging low,Inviting toA portico,Where two could c...
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THE SECRET
2023-12-06Some things that fly there be, --Birds, hours, the bumble-bee:Of these no elegy.Some things that stay there be, --Grief, hills, eternity:Nor this beho...
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EXCLUSION
2023-12-06The soul selects her own society,Then shuts the door;On her divine majorityObtrude no more.Unmoved, she notes the chariot's pausingAt her low gate...
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I asked no other thing
2023-12-06I asked no other thing,No other was denied.I offered Being for it;The mighty merchant smiled.Brazil? He twirled a button,Without a glance my way:"...
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Much madness is divinest sense
2023-12-06Much madness is divinest senseTo a discerning eye;Much sense the starkest madness.'T is the majorityIn this, as all, prevails.Assent, and you are ...
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IN A LIBRARY
2023-12-06A precious, mouldering pleasure 't isTo meet an antique book,In just the dress his century wore;A privilege, I think,His venerable hand to take,An...
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The heart asks pleasure first
2023-12-06The heart asks pleasure first,And then, excuse from pain;And then, those little anodynesThat deaden suffering;And then, to go to sleep;And then, if it...
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A wounded deer leaps highest
2023-12-06A wounded deer leaps highest,I've heard the hunter tell;'T is but the ecstasy of death,And then the brake is still.The smitten rock that gushe...
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ALMOST!
2023-12-06Within my reach!I could have touched!I might have chanced that way!Soft sauntered through the village,Sauntered as soft away!So unsuspected violetsWit...
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If I can stop one heart from breaking
2023-12-06If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain;If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain,Or help one fainting robinUnto his n...