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The Chemical conviction

The Chemical conviction
That Nought be lost
Enable in Disaster …
The Child's faith is new —

The Child's faith is new —
Whole — like His Principle —
Wide — like the Sunrise …

Emily Dickinson
The Clock strikes one that just struck two —

The Clock strikes one that just struck two —
Some schism in the Sum —
A Vagabond for Genesis …

Emily Dickinson
The Clover's simple Fame

The Clover's simple Fame
Remembered of the Cow —
Is better than enameled Realms …
The Color of a Queen, is this —

The Color of a Queen, is this —
The Color of a Sun
At setting — this and Amber — …
The competitions of the sky

The competitions of the sky
Corrodeless ply.
The Court is far away —

The Court is far away —
No Umpire — have I —
My Sovereign is offended — …
The cry of the cicada

“The cry of the cicada
Gives us no sign
That presently it will die.”

William George Aston
The Daisy follows soft the Sun —

The daisy follows soft the sun,
And when his golden walk is done,
Sits shyly at his feet. …

Emily Dickinson
The Dandelion's pallid tube

The Dandelion's pallid tube
Astonishes the Grass,
And Winter instantly becomes …
The Day came slow — till Five o'clock —

The Day came slow — till Five o'clock —
Then sprang before the Hills
Like Hindered Rubies — or the Light …

Emily Dickinson
The Day she goes

The Day she goes
Or Day she stays
Are equally supreme — …
The Day that I was crowned

The Day that I was crowned
Was like the other Days —
Until the Coronation came — …
The Day undressed — Herself —

The Day undressed — Herself —
Her Garter — was of Gold —
Her Petticoat — of Purple plain — …
The Defection of the Disciples

Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.-ST. MATTHEW xxvi. 56.
FLED!-and from whom? The Man of woe
Who in Gethsemane had felt …

Lydia Sigourney
The Descent of Odin. An Ode

Uprose the King of Men with speed,
And saddled straight his coal-black steed;
Down the yawning steep he rode, …

Thomas Gray
The Devil — had he fidelity

The Devil — had he fidelity
Would be the best friend —
Because he has ability — …

Emily Dickinson
The distance that the dead have gone

The distance that the dead have gone
Does not at first appear —
Their coming back seems possible …

Emily Dickinson
The Doomed — regard the Sunrise

The Doomed — regard the Sunrise
With different Delight —
Because — when next it burns abroad …

Emily Dickinson
The duties of the Wind are few,

The duties of the Wind are few,
To cast the ships, at Sea,
Establish March, the Floods escort, …

Emily Dickinson