“The cry of the cicada
Gives us no sign
That presently it will die.”
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The daisy follows soft the sun,
And when his golden walk is done,
Sits shyly at his feet.
He, walking, finds the flower near.
"Wherefore, marauder, art thou here ?
"Because, sir, love is sweet !"
We are the...The Dandelion's pallid tube
Astonishes the Grass,
And Winter instantly becomes
An infinite Alas —
The tube uplifts a signal Bud
And then a shouting Flower, —
The Proclamation of the Suns
That sepulture is o'er.The Day came slow — till Five o'clock —
Then sprang before the Hills
Like Hindered Rubies — or the Light
A Sudden Musket — spills —
The Purple could not keep the East —
The Sunrise shook abroad
Like Breadths of Topaz — packed a Night —
The Lady just unrolled —
The...The Day grew small, surrounded tight
By early, stooping Night —
The Afternoon in Evening deep
Its Yellow shortness dropt —
The Winds went out their martial ways
The Leaves obtained excuse —
November hung his Granite Hat
Upon a nail of Plush —The Day she goes
Or Day she stays
Are equally supreme —
Existence has a stated width
Departed, or at Home —The Day that I was crowned
Was like the other Days —
Until the Coronation came —
And then — 'twas Otherwise —
As Carbon in the Coal
And Carbon in the Gem
Are One — and yet the former
Were dull for Diadem —
I rose, and all was plain —
But when the Day...The Day undressed — Herself —
Her Garter — was of Gold —
Her Petticoat — of Purple plain —
Her Dimities — as old
Exactly — as the World —
And yet the newest Star —
Enrolled upon the Hemisphere
Be wrinkled — much as Her —
Too near to God — to pray —
Too near...The Days that we can spare
Are those a Function die
Or Friend or Nature — stranded then
In our Economy
Our Estimates a Scheme —
Our Ultimates a Sham —
We let go all of Time without
Arithmetic of him —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
Such pangs as bade the blood-drops flow,
And the crushed heart with anguish melt?
They who were gathered round his board,
Partook his...