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To know just how He suffered—would be dear— To know if any Human eyes were near To whom He could entrust His wavering gaze— Until it settle broad—on Paradise— To know if He was patient—part content— Was Dying as He…

To interrupt His Yellow Plan The Sun does not allow Caprices of the Atmosphere— And even when the Snow Heaves Balls of Specks, like Vicious Boy Directly in His Eye— Does not so much as turn His Head Busy with…

To hear an Oriole sing May be a common thing— Or only a divine. It is not of the Bird Who sings the same, unheard, As unto Crowd— The Fashion of the Ear Attireth that it hear In Dun, or…

To hang our head—ostensibly— And subsequent, to find That such was not the posture Of our immortal mind— Affords the sly presumption That in so dense a fuzz— You—too—take Cobweb attitudes Upon a plane of Gauze!

To fill a Gap Insert the Thing that caused it— Block it up With Other—and ’twill yawn the more— You cannot solder an Abyss With Air.

To fight aloud, is very brave— But gallanter, I know Who charge within the bosom The Cavalry of Woe— Who win, and nations do not see— Who fall—and none observe— Whose dying eyes, no Country Regards with patriot love— We…

To die—takes just a little while— They say it doesn’t hurt— It’s only fainter—by degrees— And then—it’s out of sight— A darker Ribbon—for a Day— A Crape upon the Hat— And then the pretty sunshine comes— And helps us to…

To be alive—is Power— Existence—in itself— Without a further function— Omnipotence—Enough— To be alive—and Will! ‘Tis able as a God— The Maker—of Ourselves—be what— Such being Finitude!

Time feels so vast that were it not For an Eternity— I fear me this Circumference Engross my Finity— To His exclusion, who prepare By Processes of Size For the Stupendous Vision Of his diameters—

Till Death—is narrow Loving— The scantest Heart extant Will hold you till your privilege Of Finiteness—be spent— But He whose loss procures you Such Destitution that Your Life too abject for itself Thenceforward imitate— Until—Resemblance perfect— Yourself, for His pursuit…