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To My Book Farewell! my fragile, flower-filled book! I fling thee on the stream of Time, With faltering hand and fearful soul,-- As in the Orient's sunny clime, The maiden trims her fragrant lamp, A tiny, faint, but... Poet:	To my friend, on his birthday Oh, Time! deal gently with my friend, Who gently deals with all; And on his loved and honored head Let blessings only fall In love to God, and love to man, ... Poet:	To my friend, on his birthday (II) He who has walked among his fellow-men This life's rough path for threescore years and ten, Bearing for others, on the weary way, The heat and burden of the toilsome day; Sounding... Poet:	To my quick ear the Leaves — conferred — To my quick ear the Leaves — conferred — The Bushes — they were Bells — I could not find a Privacy From Nature's sentinels — In Cave if I presumed to hide The Walls — begun to tell — Creation seemed... Poet:
To my small Hearth His fire came — To my small Hearth His fire came — And all my House aglow Did fan and rock, with sudden light — 'Twas Sunrise — 'twas the Sky — Impanelled from no Summer brief — With limit of Decay — 'Twas Noon —... Poet:	To Nancy F—— To Nancy F—— How can I help thy Husbands copying Me Should that make difference twixt me & Thee Poet:	To Nettie (Botta) Now has the spring her treasures all unbound, The earth has put her wedding-garment on, And, robed in light, with flowers and verdure crowned, Comes forth in joy to meet the bridegroom sun.... Poet:	To Nobodaddy Poet:
To offer brave assistance To offer brave assistance To Lives that stand alone — When One has failed to stop them — Is Human — but Divine To lend an Ample Sinew Unto a Nameless Man — Whose Homely Benediction No... Poet:	To One denied the drink To One denied the drink To tell what Water is Would be acuter, would it not Than letting Him surmise? To lead Him to the Well And let Him hear it drip Remind Him, would it not, somewhat ... Poet: