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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.

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How frugal is the chariot that bears a human soul.

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Dreams are the subtle Dower That make us rich an Hour Then fling us poor Out of the purple door.

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Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?

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The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and you beside.

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To fight aloud is very brave, but gallanter, I know, who charge within the bosom, the Cavalry of Woe.

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There is no frigate like a book

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There is no Silence in the Earth - so silent As that endured Which uttered, would discourage Nature And haunt the World.

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I died for Beauty--but was scarce Adjusted in the Tomb When One who died for Truth, was lain In an adjoining Room

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Safe Despair it is that raves- Agony is frugal. Puts itself severe away For its own perusal.

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The Brain - is wider than the Sky - For - put them side by side - The one the other will contain With ease - and You - beside - The Brain is deeper than the sea - For- hold them - Blue to Blue - The one the other will absorb - As Sponges - Buckets - do - The Brain is just the weight of God - For - Heft them - Pound for Pound - And they will differ - if they do - As Syllable from Sound.

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A Word that Breathes Distinctly Has not the Power to Die

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No ladder needs the bird but skies To situate its wings, Nor any leaders grim baton Arraigns it as it sings.

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The sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another day For an approving God.

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The possible's slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.

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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

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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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Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition So clear of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Break agonized and clear.

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IMMORTAL is an ample word When what we need is by, But when it leaves us for a time, 'Tis a necessity.

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A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science cannot overtake But Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn, It shows the furthest Tree Upon the furthest Slope you know It almost speaks to you. Then as Horizons step Or Noons report away Without the Formula of sound It passes and we stay - A quality of loss Affecting our Content As Trade had suddenly encroached Upon a Sacrament.

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