Poems

• We dream — it is good we are dreaming —

  We dream — it is good we are dreaming — / It would hurt us — were we awake — / But since it is playing — kill us, …

• We grow accustomed to the Dark —

  We grow accustomed to the Dark — / When light is put away — / As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp …

• We hail the day

  We hail the day—the glorious day / Which gave a nation birth; / Where Freedom could her wand display …

• We Have Been Friends Together

  We have been friends together, / In sunshine and in shade; / Since first beneath the chestnut-trees …

  by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

• We introduce ourselves

  We introduce ourselves / To Planets and to Flowers / But with ourselves …

• We knew not that we were to live —

  We knew not that we were to live — / Nor when — we are to die — / Our ignorance — our cuirass is — …

• We Lay Us Down to Sleep

  We lay us down to sleep, / And leave to God the rest: / Whether to wake and weep …

  by Louise Chandler Moulton

• We learn it in Retreating

  We learn it in Retreating / How vast an one / Was recently among us — …

• We learned the Whole of Love —

  We learned the Whole of Love — / The Alphabet — the Words — / A Chapter — then the mighty Book — …

• We like a Hairbreadth 'scape

  We like a Hairbreadth 'scape / It tingles in the Mind / Far after Act or Accident …

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