Love Poems – Page 3387

• I did not reach Thee

  I did not reach Thee / But my feet slip nearer every day / Three Rivers and a Hill to cross …

• I died for Beauty — but was scarce

  I died for beauty, but was scarce / Adjusted in the tomb, / When one who died for truth was lain …

• I dreaded that first Robin, so,

  I dreaded that first Robin, so, / But He is mastered, now, / I'm some accustomed to Him grown, …

• I dwell in Possibility —

  I dwell in Possibility — / A fairer House than Prose — / More numerous of Windows — …

• I envy Seas, whereon He rides —

  I envy Seas, whereon He rides — / I envy Spokes of Wheels / Of Chariots, that Him convey — …

• I fear a Man of frugal Speech —

  I fear a Man of frugal Speech — / I fear a Silent Man — / Haranguer — I can overtake — …

• I fear'd the fury of my wind

  * * * / I fear’d the fury of my wind / Would blight all blossoms fair & true, …

• I felt a Cleaving in my Mind —

  I felt a Cleaving in my Mind — / As if my Brain had split — / I tried to match it — Seam by Seam — …

• I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,

  I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, / And Mourners to and fro / Kept treading — treading — till it seemed …

• I felt my life with both my hands

  I felt my life with both my hands / To see if it was there — / I held my spirit to the Glass, …

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