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I heard, as if I had no Ear Until a Vital Word Came all the way from Life to me And then I knew I heard. I saw, as if my Eye were on Another, till a Thing And now…

I have no life to live But lead it here Nor any Death but lest Abased from there – Nor Plea for Worlds to come Nor Wisdoms new Except through this extent The loving you –

I have no Life but this – To lead it here – Nor any Death – but lest Dispelled from there – Nor tie to Earths to come – Nor Action new – Except through this Extent – The Realm…

I have a suitor in the skies – a nobleman is he – and this is all he ever says – Pray “come unto me.” To such a simple wooing I do not reply – Say? – Shall I say him yes – Ladie –…

I groped for him before I knew With solemn nameless need All other bounty sudden chaff For this foreshadowed Food Which others taste and spurn and sneer – Though I within suppose That consecrated it could be The only Food…

I fit for them – I seek the Dark Till I am thorough fit. The labor is a sober one With the austerer sweet – That abstinence of mine produce A purer food for them, if I succeed, If not…

I do not care – why should I care And yet I fear I’m caring To rock a fretting truth to sleep – Is short security The terror it will wake persistent as perdition Is harder than to face the…

I did not reach Thee But my feet slip nearer every day Three Rivers and a Hill to cross One Desert and a Sea I shall not count the journey one When I am telling thee Two deserts, but the…

Snowflakes. I counted till they danced so Their slippers leaped the town – And then I took a pencil To note the rebels down – And then they grew so jolly I did resign the prig – And ten of…

I cannot want it more – I cannot want it less – My Human Nature’s fullest force Expends itself on this. And yet it nothing is To him who easy owns – Is Worth itself or Distance – He fathoms…