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By Chivalries as tiny, A Blossom, or a Book, The seeds of smiles are planted- Which Blossom in the dark.

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I can wade Grief -- Whole Pools of it -- I'm used to that -- But the least push of Joy Breaks up my feet -- And I tip -- drunken -- Let no Pebble -- smile -- 'Twas the New Liquor -- That was all!

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If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.

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Much Madness is divinest Sense -- To a discerning Eye -- Much Sense -- the starkest Madness -- 'Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail -- Assent -- and you are sane -- Demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- And handled with a Chain --

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There is a pain so utter, it swallows being up; The covers the abyss with a trance So memory can step around, across, upon it.

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A little madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King, But God be with the Clown, Who ponders this tremendous scene-- This whole experiment in green, As if it were his own!

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The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy.

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They address an Eclipse every morning, whom they call their "Father."

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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

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If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

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The only Commandment I ever obeyed — 'Consider the Lilies.

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I see thee better in the dark I do not need a light.

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We do not play on Graves— Because there isn't Room— Besides—it isn't even—it slants And People come— And put a Flower on it— And hang their faces so— We're fearing that their Hearts will drop— And crush our pretty play— And so we move as far As Enemies—away— Just looking round to see how far It is—Occasionally—

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You are nipping in the bud fancies which I let blossom. The shore is safer, but I love to buffet the sea - I can count the bitter wrecks here in these pleasant waters, and hear the murmuring winds, but oh, I love the danger!

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A soft Sea washed around the House A Sea of Summer Air And rose and fell the magic Planks That sailed without a care — For Captain was the Butterfly For Helmsman was the Bee And an entire universe For the delighted crew.

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The Crime, from us, is hidden, [though] he is presumed to know.

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Memory is a strange Bell—Jubilee, and Knell.

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The world allured me & in an unguarded moment I listened to her siren voice. From that moment I seemed to lose interest in heavenly things. Friends reasoned with me & told me of the danger I was in. I felt my danger & was alarmed, but I had rambled too far to return & ever since my heart has been growing harder.

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Beauty crowds me till I die. Beauty, mercy have on me! Yet if I expire to-day Let it be in sight of thee!

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I know some lonely houses off the road A robber'd like the look of,-- Wooden barred, And windows hanging low

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