Time does go on —
I tell it gay to those who suffer now —
They shall survive —
There is a sun —
They don't believe it now —
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Time feels so vast that were it not
For an Eternity —
I fear me this Circumference
Engross my Finity —
To His exclusion, who prepare
By Processes of Size
For the Stupendous Vision
Of his diameters — -
Time's river in its rushing current
Sweeps all the human deeds away,
And fills an abyss of oblivion
With nations, kingdoms and their kings,
But if there is something remaining
Through sounds of lyre or trumpet’s air,
Will enter the Eternal gullet—
And will not flee the common...Time's wily Chargers will not wait
At any Gate but Woe's —
But there — so gloat to hesitate
They will not stir for blows —" 'Tis the cuckoo—
Listen well !
How much soever gods ye be."[1]"'Tis the first snow—
Just enough to bend
The gladiolus leaves!"[1]Title divine — is mine!
The Wife — without the Sign!
Acute Degree — conferred on me —
Empress of Calvary!
Royal — all but the Crown!
Betrothed — without the swoon
God sends us Women —
When you — hold — Garnet to Garnet —
Gold — to Gold —
Born — Bridalled — Shrouded —...Within these leafless trees,
That bare against the sky,
Their naked branches rear;
Leaves, buds, and blossoms lie.
So beauty's myriad forms,
Within thy soul are sleeping;
While thou, upon their sleep,
...I do not ask if an illustrious name
Has shed upon thy birth its purple glow;
Nor do I ask what titles thou canst claim,
What ribbon favors, such as kings bestow.
Why should I, when upon thy brow I see,
In its expression of all lofty things,...Give me but the energy,
That guides thy dauntless will;
Give me but thy ardent hope,
That no reverse can chill;
Thy buoyant soul, that on life's sea,
No billows can o'erwhelm,
When Faith sits smiling through the clouds,...