Poems

• We pray — to Heaven —

  We pray — to Heaven — / We prate — of Heaven — / Relate — when Neighbors die — …

• We see — Comparatively —

  We see — Comparatively — / The Thing so towering high / We could not grasp its segment …

• We send the Wave to find the Wave —

  We send the Wave to find the Wave — / An Errand so divine, / The Messenger enamored too, …

• We shall find the Cube of the Rainbow.

  We shall find the Cube of the Rainbow. / Of that, there is no doubt. / But the Arc of a Lover's conjecture …

• We should not mind so small a flower —

  We should not mind so small a flower — / Except it quiet bring / Our little garden that we lost …

• We shun because we prize her Face

  We shun because we prize her Face / Lest sight's ineffable disgrace / Our Adoration stain

• We shun it ere it comes,

  We shun it ere it comes, / Afraid of Joy, / Then sue it to delay …

• We talked as Girls do —

  We talked as Girls do — / Fond, and late — / We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave — …

• We talked with each other about each other

  We talked with each other about each other / Though neither of us spoke — / We were listening to the seconds' Races …

• We thirst at first — 'tis Nature's Act —

  We thirst at first — 'tis Nature's Act — / And later — when we die — / A little Water supplicate — …

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