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• Death's Waylaying not the sharpest

  Death's Waylaying not the sharpest
  Of the thefts of Time —
  There Marauds a sorer Robber, …

• Declaiming Waters none may dread —

  Declaiming Waters none may dread —
  But Waters that are still
  Are so for that most fatal cause …

• Dedication. To my mother

  The flowers of romance that I cherished,
  Around me lie withered and dead;
  The stars of my youth's shining heaven, …

  Anne Lynch Botta

• The Deficit Demon

  It was the lunatic poet escaped from the local asylum,
  Loudly he twanged on his banjo and sang with his voice like a saw-mill,
  While as with fervour he sang there was borne o'er the shuddering wildwood, …

  Banjo Paterson

• Defrauded I a Butterfly —

  Defrauded I a Butterfly —
  The lawful Heir — for Thee —

  Emily Dickinson

• Delayed till she had ceased to know —

  Delayed till she had ceased to know —
  Delayed till in its vest of snow
  Her loving bosom lay — …

  Emily Dickinson

• Delia, th' unkindest girl on earth

  Delia, th' unkindest girl on earth,
  When I besought the fair,
  That favour of intrinsic worth, …

  William Cowper

• Delicate Hands & Heads will never appear

  * * *
  Delicate Hands & Heads will never appear
  While Titians &c as in the Book of Moonlight p 5

  William Blake

• Delight is as the flight —

  Delight is as the flight —
  Or in the Ratio of it,
  As the Schools would say — …

  Emily Dickinson

• Delight — becomes pictorial —

  Delight — becomes pictorial —
  When viewed through Pain —
  More fair — because impossible …

  Emily Dickinson

• Delight's Despair at setting

  Delight's Despair at setting
  Is that Delight is less
  Than the sufficing Longing …

• Denial — is the only fact

  Denial — is the only fact
  Perceived by the Denied —
  Whose Will — a numb significance — …

  Emily Dickinson

• Departed — to the Judgment —

  Departed to the judgment,
  A mighty afternoon ;
  Great clouds like ushers leaning, …

  Emily Dickinson

• Deprived of other Banquet,

  Deprived of other Banquet,
  I entertained Myself —
  At first — a scant nutrition — …

• A Description of U-n G-

  To Rosalinda, now from town retir'd,
  Where noblest hearts her brilliant eyes have fir'd;
  Whom nightingales in fav'rite bow'rs delight, …

  Henry Fielding

• Despair's advantage is achieved

  Despair's advantage is achieved
  By suffering — Despair —
  To be assisted of Reverse …

• Despondency (Bleecker)

  Come Grief, and sing a solemn dirge
  Beneath this midnight shade;
  From central darkness now emerge, …

  Ann Eliza Bleecker

• Did Our Best Moment last —

  Did Our Best Moment last —
  'Twould supersede the Heaven —
  A few — and they by Risk — procure — …

• Did the Harebell loose her girdle

  Did the Harebell loose her girdle
  To the lover Bee
  Would the Bee the Harebell hallow …

  Emily Dickinson

• Did We abolish Frost

  Did We abolish Frost
  The Summer would not cease —
  If Seasons perish or prevail …

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