| Page 1867 | Poem Lake

Title	Poet	Year Written	Collection	Body
We never know we go when we are going —				We never know we go when we are going — We jest and shut the Door — Fate — following — behind us bolts it — And we accost no more —
We outgrow love, like other things				We outgrow love, like other things And put it in the Drawer — Till it an Antique fashion shows — Like Costumes Grandsires wore.
We play at Paste —				We play at Paste — Till qualified, for Pearl — Then, drop the Paste — And deem ourself a fool — The Shapes — though — were similar — And our new Hands Learned Gem-Tactics — Practicing...
We pray — to Heaven —			English	We pray — to Heaven — We prate — of Heaven — Relate — when Neighbors die — At what o'clock to heaven — they fled — Who saw them — Wherefore fly? Is Heaven a Place — a Sky — a Tree? Location's narrow...
We see — Comparatively —			English	We see — Comparatively — The Thing so towering high We could not grasp its segment Unaided — Yesterday — This Morning's finer Verdict — Makes scarcely worth the toil — A furrow — Our Cordillera —...
We send the Wave to find the Wave —			English	We send the Wave to find the Wave — An Errand so divine, The Messenger enamored too, Forgetting to return, We make the wise distinction still, Soever made in vain, The sagest time to dam the sea is when...
We shall find the Cube of the Rainbow.				We shall find the Cube of the Rainbow. Of that, there is no doubt. But the Arc of a Lover's conjecture Eludes the finding out.
We should not mind so small a flower —			English	We should not mind so small a flower — Except it quiet bring Our little garden that we lost Back to the Lawn again. So spicy her Carnations nod — So drunken, reel her Bees — So silver steal a hundred...
We shun because we prize her Face			English	We shun because we prize her Face Lest sight's ineffable disgrace Our Adoration stain
We shun it ere it comes,			English	We shun it ere it comes, Afraid of Joy, Then sue it to delay And lest it fly, Beguile it more and more — May not this be Old Suitor Heaven, Like our dismay at thee?
We talked as Girls do —				We talked as Girls do — Fond, and late — We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave — Of ours, none affair — We handled Destinies, as cool — As we — Disposers — be — And God, a Quiet Party...
We talked with each other about each other			English	We talked with each other about each other Though neither of us spoke — We were listening to the seconds' Races And the Hoofs of the Clock — Pausing in Front of our Palsied Faces Time compassion took — ...
We thirst at first — 'tis Nature's Act —			English	We thirst at first — 'tis Nature's Act — And later — when we die — A little Water supplicate — Of fingers going by — It intimates the finer want — Whose adequate supply Is that Great Water in the...
We Walked among the Whispering Pines	John Henry Boner		English	It was a still autumnal day— So sadly still and strangely bright— The hectic glow of quick decay Tinged everything with lovely light. It warmly touched the fragrant air And fields of corn and crumbling vines Along the golden Yadkin, where...
We wear our sober Dresses when we die,			English	We wear our sober Dresses when we die, But Summer, frilled as for a Holiday Adjourns her sigh —
We Were Boys Together	George Pope Morris		English	We were boys together, And never can forget The school-house near the heather, In childhood where we met; The humble home to memory dear, Its sorrows and its joys; Where woke the transient smile or tear, When you and I were boys....
We — Bee and I — live by the quaffing —			English	We — Bee and I — live by the quaffing — 'Tisn't all Hock — with us — Life has its Ale — But it's many a lay of the Dim Burgundy — We chant — for cheer — when the Wines — fail — Do we "get drunk"? Ask...
We'll pass without the parting			English	We'll pass without the parting So to spare Certificate of Absence — Deeming where I left Her I could find Her If I tried — This way, I keep from missing Those that died.
Wear i sei	Michel Buck	1892	German	[76] Wear i sei. I bi’ gebôara’n unter Tannazapfa, Im Wald duß wôara’n älltäg vola Haz[1]. Drum...
Webster (Botta)				"When I and all those that hear me shall have gone to our last home, and when the mould may have gathered on our memories, as it will on our tombs:" -- Webster's Speech in the Senate, July, 1850. ...