• I think the Hemlock likes to stand

    Upon a Marge of Snow —

    It suits his own Austerity —

    And satisfies an awe


    That men, must slake in Wilderness —

    And in the Desert — cloy —

    An instinct for the Hoar, the Bald —

    Lapland's — necessity —


    The Hemlock's nature thrives — on...

  • Of all the Souls that stand create —

    I have elected — One —

    When Sense from Spirit — files away —

    And Subterfuge — is done —

    When that which is — and that which was —

    Apart — intrinsic — stand —

    And this brief Drama in the flesh —

    Is shifted — like a Sand —

    When Figures show their...

  • The Soul should always stand ajar

    That if the Heaven inquire

    He will not be obliged to wait

    Or shy of troubling Her


    Depart, before the Host have slid

    The Bolt unto the Door —

    To search for the accomplished Guest,

    Her Visitor, no more —

  • To Whom the Mornings stand for Nights,

    What must the Midnights — be!

  • When we stand on the tops of Things —

    And like the Trees, look down —

    The smoke all cleared away from it —

    And Mirrors on the scene —


    Just laying light — no soul will wink

    Except it have the flaw —

    The Sound ones, like the Hills — shall stand —

    No Lighting, scares away —

    ...