1. suspense

  • I know Suspense — it steps so terse

    I know Suspense — it steps so terse

    And turns so weak away —

    Besides — Suspense is neighborly

    When I am riding by —


    Is always at the Window

    Though lately I descry

    And mention to my Horses

    The need is not of me —

  • Suspense

    Elysium is as far as to

    The very nearest room,

    If in that room a friend await

    Felicity or doom.


    What fortitude the soul contains,

    That it can so endure

    The accent of a coming foot,

    The opening of a door !...

  • Suspense — is Hostiler than Death —

    Suspense — is Hostiler than Death —

    Death — tho'soever Broad,

    Is Just Death, and cannot increase —

    Suspense — does not conclude —


    But perishes — to live anew —

    But just anew to die —

    Annihilation — plated fresh

    With Immortality —