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Belshazzar had a Letter —

Belshazzar had a letter, —
He never had but one ;
Belshazzar's correspondent …

Emily Dickinson
Bequest

You left me, sweet, two legacies, —
A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content, …

Emily Dickinson
Bereaved of all, I went abroad —

Bereaved of all, I went abroad —
No less bereaved was I
Upon a New Peninsula — …

Emily Dickinson
Bereavement in their death to feel

Bereavement in their death to feel
Whom We have never seen —
A Vital Kinsmanship import …
Besides the Autumn poets sing

Besides the Autumn poets sing
A few prosaic days
A little this side of the snow …

Emily Dickinson
Besides this May

Besides this May
We know
There is Another — …
Best Gains — must have the Losses' Test —

Best Gains — must have the Losses' Test —
To constitute them — Gains —

Emily Dickinson
Best Things dwell out of Sight

Best Things dwell out of Sight
The Pearl — the Just — Our Thought.
Most shun the Public Air …
Best Witchcraft is Geometry

Best Witchcraft is Geometry
To the magician's mind —
His ordinary acts are feats …
Betrothed to Righteousness might be

Betrothed to Righteousness might be
An Ecstasy discreet
But Nature relishes the Pinks …
Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/A Better Resurrection

I have no wit, no words, no tears;
My heart within me like a stone
Is numbed too much for hopes or fears; …

Christina Georgina Rossetti
Better — than Music! For I — who heard it —

Better — than Music! For I — who heard it —
I was used — to the Birds — before —
This — was different — 'Twas Translation — …
Bid adieu, my sad heart

Bid adieu, my sad heart, bid adieu to thy peace,
Thy pleasure is past, and thy sorrows increase;
See the shadows of ev'ning how far they extend, …

William Cowper
A Bird came down the Walk —

A Bird came down the Walk —
He did not know I saw —
He bit an Angleworm in halves …

Emily Dickinson
Birth-day Verses

My birth-day!—Oh beloved mother!
My heart is with thee o'er the seas.
I did not think to count another …

Nathaniel Parker Willis
Black Bess

TURPIN had his Black Bess, and she carried him well,
As fame with her loud-breathing trumpet will tell;
She knew not the lash, and she suffered no spur; …

Eliza Cook
Black Swans

As I lie at rest on a patch of clover
In the Western Park when the day is done,
I watch as the wild black swans fly over …

Banjo Paterson
Blake's apology for his Catalogue

Blake manuscript - Notebook - page 063
Blakes apology for his Catalogue
Having given great offence by writing in Prose …

William Blake
Blazing in Gold and quenching in Purple

Blazing in Gold and quenching in Purple
Leaping like Leopards to the Sky
Then at the feet of the old Horizon …

Emily Dickinson
The Blessed Damozel (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)

The blessed damozel leaned out
From the gold bar of Heaven;
Her eyes were deeper than the depth …

Dante Gabriel Rossetti