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How many times these low feet staggered —

How many times these low feet staggered —
Only the soldered mouth can tell —
Try — can you stir the awful rivet — …

Emily Dickinson
How much of Source escapes with thee —

How much of Source escapes with thee —
How chief thy sessions be —
For thou hast borne a universe …

Emily Dickinson
How News must feel when travelling

How News must feel when travelling
If News have any Heart
Alighting at the Dwelling …
How noteless Men, and Pleiads, stand,

How noteless Men, and Pleiads, stand,
Until a sudden sky
Reveals the fact that One is rapt …

Emily Dickinson
How ruthless are the gentle —

How ruthless are the gentle —
How cruel are the kind —
God broke his contract to his Lamb …
How sick — to wait — in any place — but thine —

How sick — to wait — in any place — but thine —
I knew last night — when someone tried to twine —
Thinking — perhaps — that I looked tired — or alone — …
How soft a Caterpillar steps —

How soft a Caterpillar steps —
I find one on my Hand
From such a velvet world it comes …
How soft this Prison is

How soft this Prison is
How sweet these sullen bars
No Despot but the King of Down …
How the Favourite Beat Us

"Aye," said the boozer, "I tell you it's true, sir,
I once was a punter with plenty of pelf,
But gone is my glory, I'll tell you the story …

Banjo Paterson
How the old Mountains drip with Sunset

How the old Mountains drip with Sunset
How the Hemlocks burn —
How the Dun Brake is draped in Cinder …

Emily Dickinson
How the Waters closed above Him

How the Waters closed above Him
We shall never know —
How He stretched His Anguish to us …
How well I knew Her not

How well I knew Her not
Whom not to know has been
A Bounty in prospective, now …
A Hymn (Brontë)

Eternal power of earth and air,
Unseen, yet seen in all around,
Remote, but dwelling everywhere, …

Anne Brontë
A Hymn (Bleecker)

Omnicient and eternal God,
Who hear'st the faintest pray'r
Distinct as Hallelujahs loud, …

Ann Eliza Bleecker
The Hypnotist

A man once read with mind surprised
Of the way that people were "hypnotised";
By waving hands you produced, forsooth, …

Banjo Paterson
I askd my Dear Friend Orator Prigg

* * *
I askd my Dear Friend Orator Prigg[4]
Whats the first part of Oratory he said a great wig …

William Blake
I asked no other thing —

I asked no other thing.
No other was denied.
I offered Being for it ; …

Emily Dickinson
I Begged a Kiss of a Little Maid

I begged a kiss of a little maid;
Shyly, sweetly, she consented;
Then of a sudden, all afraid, …

Robert Underwood Johnson
I bet with every Wind that blew

I bet with every Wind that blew
Till Nature in chagrin
Employed a Fact to visit me …

Emily Dickinson
I breathed enough to take the Trick —

I breathed enough to take the Trick —
And now, removed from Air —
I simulate the Breath, so well — …

Emily Dickinson