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Two butterflies went out at noonAnd waltzed above a stream,Then stepped straight through the firmamentAnd rested on a beam; And then together bore awayUpon a shining sea,—Though never yet, in any portTheir coming mentioned be. If spoken by the distant…

Twice had Summer her fair Verdure Proffered to the Plain— Twice a Winter’s silver Fracture On the Rivers been— Two full Autumns for the Squirrel Bounteous prepared— Nature, Had’st thou not a Berry For thy wandering Bird?

‘Twas such a little—little boat That toddled down the bay! ‘Twas such a gallant—gallant sea That beckoned it away! ‘Twas such a greedy, greedy wave That licked it from the Coast— Nor ever guessed the stately sails My little craft…

‘Twas Crisis—All the length had passed— That dull—benumbing time There is in Fever or Event— And now the Chance had come— The instant holding in its claw The privilege to live Or warrant to report the Soul The other side…

Trust in the Unexpected— By this—was William Kidd Persuaded of the Buried Gold— As One had testified— Through this—the old Philosopher— His Talismanic Stone Discernéd—still withholden To effort undivine— ‘Twas this—allured Columbus— When Genoa—withdrew Before an Apparition Baptized America— The…

Triumph—may be of several kinds— There’s Triumph in the Room When that Old Imperator—Death— By Faith

Too little way the House must lie From every Human Heart That holds in undisputed Lease A white inhabitant— Too narrow is the Right between— Too imminent the chance— Each Consciousness must emigrate And lose its neighbor once—

To wait an Hour—is long— If Love be just beyond— To wait Eternity—is short— If Love reward the end—

To venerate the simple days Which lead the seasons by, Needs but to remember That from you or I, They may take the trifle Termed mortality!