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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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To fight aloud, is very brave— But gallanter, I know Who charge within the bosom The Cavalry of Wo— Who win, and nations do not see— Who fall — and none observe — Whose dying eyes, no Country Regards with patriot love— We trust, in plumed procession For such, the Angels go— Rank after Rank, with even feet— And Uniforms of Snow.

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There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.

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This is the Hour of Lead- Remembered, if outlived, As freezing persons, recollect the Snow- First-Chill-then Stupor- then the letting go---

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Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun - if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.

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What will the solemn Hemlock- What will the Oak tree say?

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Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.

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Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth

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Victory comes late-- And is held low to freezing lips-- Too rapt with frost To take it

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Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.

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I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality.

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That love is all there is, Is all we know of love.

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I never lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod.

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I would paint a portrait which would bring the tears, had I canvas for it, and the scene should be -- solitude, and the figures -- solitude -- and the lights and shades, each a solitude.

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And you dropt, lost, When something broke-- And let you from a Dream

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Opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.

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Behold this little Bane- The Boon of all alive- As common as it is unknown The name of it is Love.

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The sweets of pillage can be known To no one but the thief, Compassion for integrity Is his divinest grief.

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Fortune befriends the bold.

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If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?

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