• His mind of man, a secret makes

    I meet him with a start

    He carries a circumference

    In which I have no part —


    Or even if I deem I do

    He otherwise may know

    Impregnable to inquest

    However neighborly —

  • It makes no difference abroad —

    The Seasons — fit — the same —

    The Mornings blossom into Noons —

    And split their Pods of Flame —


    Wild flowers — kindle in the Woods —

    The Brooks slam — all the Day —

    No Black bird bates his Banjo —

    For passing Calvary —


    Auto da Fe — and...

  • Teach Him — When He makes the names —

    Such an one — to say —

    On his babbling — Berry — lips —

    As should sound — to me —

    Were my Ear — as near his nest —

    As my thought — today —

    As should sound —

    "Forbid us not" —

    Some like "Emily."

  • Water makes many Beds

    For those averse to sleep —

    Its awful chamber open stands —

    Its Curtains blandly sweep —

    Abhorrent is the Rest

    In undulating Rooms

    Whose Amplitude no end invades —

    Whose Axis never comes.