Poet:

I never lost as much but twice,

And that was in the sod.

Twice have I stood a beggar

Before the door of God!


Angels — twice descending

Reimbursed my store —

Burglar! Banker...

Poet:

I never saw a Moor--

I never saw the Sea--

Yet know I how the Heather looks

And what a Billow be.


I never spoke with God,

Nor visited in Heaven--

Yet certain am I of the spot

As if the...

Poet:

I never told the buried gold

Upon the hill — that lies —

I saw the sun — his plunder done

Crouch low to guard his prize.


He stood as near

As stood you here —

A pace had been between —

Did...

Poet:

I showed her Heights she never saw —

"Would'st Climb," I said?

She said — "Not so" —

"With me —" I said — With me?

I showed her Secrets — Morning's Nest —

The Rope the Nights were put across —

And now — "...

Poet:

I thought the Train would never come —

How slow the whistle sang —

I don't believe a peevish Bird

So whimpered for the Spring —

I taught my Heart a hundred times

Precisely what to say —

Provoking Lover,...

Poet:

In lands I never saw — they say

Immortal Alps look down —

Whose Bonnets touch the firmament —

Whose Sandals touch the town —


Meek at whose everlasting feet

A Myriad Daisy play —

Which, Sir, are you...

Poet:

It would never be Common — more — I said —

Difference — had begun —

Many a bitterness — had been —

But that old sort — was done —


Or — if it sometime — showed — as 'twill —

Upon the Downiest — Morn —
...

Poet:

I never lost as much but twice,

And that was in the sod ;

Twice have I stood a beggar

Before the door of God !


Angels, twice descending,
...

Poet:

I TASTE a liquor never brewed,

From tankards scooped in pearl;

Not all the vats upon the Rhine
...

Poet: