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On S—— (You say reserve & modesty he has)

On S——
You say reserve & modesty he has
Whose heart is iron his head wood & his face brass …

William Blake
On that specific Pillow

On that specific Pillow
Our projects flit away —
The Night's tremendous Morrow …
On the death of a friend

There was no bell to peal thy funeral dirge,
No nodding plumes to wave above thy bier,
No shroud to wrap thee but the foaming surge, …

Anne Lynch Botta
On the Death of Sir W. Russell

Doom'd as I am in solitude to waste
The present moments, and regret the past;
Depriv'd of every joy I valued most, …

William Cowper
On the Great Encouragement

On the Great Encouragement Given by English Nobility & Gentry to Correggio Rubens Rembrandt Reynolds Gainsborough Catalani DuCrowe & Dilberry Doodle
As the Ignorant Savage will sell his own Wife
For a Sword or a Cutlass a dagger or Knife …

William Blake
On the immensity of creation

Oh! could I borrow some celestial plume,
This narrow globe should not confine me long
In its contracted sphere---the vast expanse, …

Ann Eliza Bleecker
On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott

On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott
Whateer is done to her she cannot know
And if youll ask her she will swear it so …

William Blake
On the World you colored

On the World you colored
Morning painted rose —
Idle his Vermillion …
On this wondrous sea

On this woundrous sea - sailing silently -
Ho! Pilot! Ho!
Knowest thou the shore …

Emily Dickinson
Once more, my now bewildered Dove

Once more, my now bewildered Dove
Bestirs her puzzled wings
Once more her mistress, on the deep …
One and One — are One —

One and One — are One —
Two — be finished using —
Well enough for Schools — …

Emily Dickinson
One Blessing had I than the rest

One Blessing had I than the rest
So larger to my Eyes
That I stopped gauging — satisfied — …

Emily Dickinson
One crown that no one seeks

One crown that no one seeks
And yet the highest head
Its isolation coveted …
One Crucifixion is recorded — only —

One Crucifixion is recorded — only —
How many be
Is not affirmed of Mathematics — …
One Day is there of the Series

One Day is there of the Series
Termed Thanksgiving Day.
Celebrated part at Table …

Emily Dickinson
One Joy of so much anguish

One Joy of so much anguish
Sweet nature has for me
I shun it as I do Despair …
One Life of so much Consequence!

One Life of so much Consequence!
Yet I — for it — would pay —
My Soul's entire income — …

Emily Dickinson
One of the ones that Midas touched

One of the ones that Midas touched
Who failed to touch us all
Was that confiding Prodigal …

Emily Dickinson
One thing of it we borrow

One thing of it we borrow
And promise to return —
The Booty and the Sorrow …

Emily Dickinson
One Year ago — jots what?

One Year ago — jots what?
God — spell the word! I — can't —
Was't Grace? Not that — …