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Title	Poet	Year Written	Collection	Body
You constituted Time —				You constituted Time — I deemed Eternity A Revelation of Yourself — 'Twas therefore Deity The Absolute — removed The Relative away — That I unto Himself adjust My slow idolatry — ...
You dont believe I wont attempt to make ye			English	*** * *** You dont believe I wont attempt to make ye You are asleep I wont attempt to wake ye Sleep on Sleep on while in your pleasant dreams Of Reason you may drink of Lifes clear streams ...
You know that Portrait in the Moon —				You know that Portrait in the Moon — So tell me who 'tis like — The very Brow — the stooping eyes — A fog for — Say — Whose Sake? The very Pattern of the Cheek — It varies — in the Chin — But —...
You left me — Sire — two Legacies —				You left me — Sire — two Legacies — A Legacy of Love A Heavenly Father would suffice Had He the offer of — You left me Boundaries of Pain — Capacious as the Sea — Between Eternity and Time — ...
You Left Me, Sweet, Two Legacies	Emily Dickinson	1890	Love	You left me, sweet, two legacies,-- A legacy of love A Heavenly Father would content, Had He the offer of; You left me boundaries of pain Capacious as the sea, Between eternity and time, Your consciousness and me.
You love me — you are sure —				You love me — you are sure — I shall not fear mistake — I shall not cheated wake — Some grinning morn — To find the Sunrise left — And Orchards — unbereft — And Dollie — gone! I need not...
You love the Lord — you cannot see —			English	You love the Lord — you cannot see — You write Him — every day — A little note — when you awake — And further in the Day. An Ample Letter — How you miss — And would delight to see — But then His...
You said that I "was Great" — one Day —			English	You said that I "was Great" — one Day — Then "Great" it be — if that please Thee — Or Small — or any size at all — Nay — I'm the size suit Thee — Tall — like the Stag — would that? Or lower — like the Wren —...
You say their Pictures well Painted be			English	*** * *** You say their Pictures well Painted be And yet they are Blockheads you all agree Thank God I never was sent to school To be Flogd into following the Style of a Fool...
You see I cannot see — your lifetime —			English	You see I cannot see — your lifetime — I must guess — How many times it ache for me — today — Confess — How many times for my far sake The brave eyes film — But I guess guessing hurts — Mine — got so dim!...
You taught me Waiting with Myself —			English	You taught me Waiting with Myself — Appointment strictly kept — You taught me fortitude of Fate — This — also — I have learnt — An Altitude of Death, that could No bitterer debar Than Life — had done...
You'll find — it when you try to die —			English	You'll find — it when you try to die — The Easier to let go — For recollecting such as went — You could not spare — you know. And though their places somewhat filled — As did their Marble names With...
You'll know Her — by Her Foot —				You'll know Her — by Her Foot — The smallest Gamboge Hand With Fingers — where the Toes should be — Would more affront the Sand — Than this Quaint Creature's Boot — Adjusted by a Stern — Without a...
You'll know it — as you know 'tis Noon —			English	You'll know it — as you know 'tis Noon — By Glory — As you do the Sun — By Glory — As you will in Heaven — Know God the Father — and the Son. By intuition, Mightiest Things Assert...
You're right — "the way is narrow" —				You're right — "the way is narrow" — And "difficult the Gate" — And "few there be" — Correct again — That "enter in — thereat" — 'Tis Costly — So are purples! 'Tis just the price of Breath — With but...
You've seen Balloons set — Haven't You?			English	You've seen Balloons set — Haven't You? So stately they ascend — It is as Swans — discarded You, For Duties Diamond — Their Liquid Feet go softly out Upon a Sea of Blonde — They spurn the Air, as t'...
Young Friends	William Shakespeare	1584	English	From “a Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Act III. Sc. 2. O, IS all forgot? All school-days’ friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one...
Your Riches — taught me — Poverty			English	Your Riches — taught me — Poverty. Myself — a Millionaire In little Wealths, as Girls could boast Till broad as Buenos Ayre — You drifted your Dominions — A Different Peru — And I esteemed All...
Your thoughts don't have words every day			English	Your thoughts don't have words every day They come a single time Like signal esoteric sips Of the communion Wine Which while you taste so native seems So easy so to be You cannot comprehend its price...
Yourself	Jones Very		English	’t is to yourself I speak; you cannot know Him whom I call in speaking such a one, For you beneath the earth lie buried low, Which he, alone, as living walks upon. You may at times have heard him speak to you, And often wished perchance that you were he;...