The brain within its grooveRuns evenly and true;But let a splinter swerve,'T were easier for youTo put the water backWhen floods have slit the hil...
Mine by the right of the white election!Mine by the royal seal!Mine by the sign in the scarlet prisonBars cannot conceal!Mine, here in vision and in v...
You left me, sweet, two legacies, --A legacy of loveA Heavenly Father would content,Had He the offer of;You left me boundaries of painCapacious as the...
Alter? When the hills do.Falter? When the sunQuestion if his gloryBe the perfect one.Surfeit? When the daffodilDoth of the dew:Even as herself, O frie...
SUSPENSE.Elysium is as far as toThe very nearest room,If in that room a friend awaitFelicity or doom.What fortitude the soul contains,That it can so e...
SURRENDER.Doubt me, my dim companion!Why, God would be contentWith but a fraction of the lovePoured thee without a stint.The whole of me, forever,What...
IF you were coming in the fall,I'd brush the summer byWith half a smile and half a spurn,As housewives do a fly.If I could see you in a year,I'...
VII. WITH A FLOWER.I hide myself within my flower,That wearing on your breast,You, unsuspecting, wear me too --And angels know the rest.I hide myself ...
VIII. PROOF.That I did always love,I bring thee proof:That till I lovedI did not love enough.That I shall love alway,I offer theeThat love is life,And...
Have you got a brook in your little heart,Where bashful flowers blow,And blushing birds go down to drink,And shadows tremble so?And nobody knows, so s...