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
...

Poet:
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,

...

Poet:
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 —...

Poet: