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Too few the mornings be,

Too few the mornings be,
Too scant the nights.
No lodging can be had …

Emily Dickinson
Too happy Time dissolves itself

Too happy Time dissolves itself
And leaves no remnant by -
'Tis Anguish not a Feather hath …
Too Late (Dickinson)

Oh, if there may departing be
Any forgot by victory
In her imperial round, …

Emily Dickinson
Too little way the House must lie

Too little way the House must lie
From every Human Heart
That holds in undisputed Lease …
Too scanty 'twas to die for you,

Too scanty 'twas to die for you,
The merest Greek could that.
The living, Sweet, is costlier — …
Touch lightly Nature's sweet Guitar

Touch lightly Nature's sweet Guitar
Unless thou know'st the Tune
Or every Bird will point at thee …
Townley's Ghost

When Sol in shades of night was lost,
And all was fast asleep,
In glided Townley's murder'd ghost, …
The Travelling Post Office

The roving breezes come and go, the reed beds sweep pand sway,
The sleepy river murmurs low, and loiters on its way,
It is the land of lots o' time along the Castlereagh. …

Banjo Paterson
Tried always and Condemned by thee

Tried always and Condemned by thee
Permit me this reprieve
That dying I may earn the look …
Triumph — may be of several kinds —

Triumph — may be of several kinds —
There's Triumph in the Room
When that Old Imperator — Death — …

Emily Dickinson
Troubled about many things

How many times these low feet staggered,
Only the soldered mouth can tell ;
Try ! can you stir the awful rivet ? …

Emily Dickinson
Truth — is as old as God —

Truth — is as old as God —
His Twin identity
And will endure as long as He …

Emily Dickinson
'Twas the new moon

“'Twas the new moon!
Since then I waited—
And lo! to-night! …

William George Aston
Twice had Summer her fair Verdure

Twice had Summer her fair Verdure
Proffered to the Plain —
Twice a Winter's silver Fracture …
Twickenham Garden

Blasted with sighs, and surrounded with tears,
⁠Hither I come to seek the spring,
And at mine eyes, and at mine ears, …

John Donne
Two butterflies went out at Noon —

Two butterflies went out at Noon —
And waltzed upon a Farm —
Then stepped straight through the Firmament …

Emily Dickinson
The Two Devines

It was shearing time at the Myall Lake,
And then rose the sound through the livelong day
Of the constant clash that the shear-blades make …

Banjo Paterson
Two Lengths has every Day —

Two Lengths has every Day —
Its absolute extent
And Area superior …

Emily Dickinson
Two Travellers perishing in Snow

Two Travellers perishing in Snow
The Forests as they froze
Together heard them strengthening …
Two — were immortal twice —

Two — were immortal twice —
The privilege of few —
Eternity — obtained — in Time — …