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We never know how high we areTill we are called to rise;And then, if we are true to plan,Our statures touch the skies.The heroism we reciteWould be a ...more

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I wonder if it hurts to live,And if they have to try,And whether, could they choose between,They would not rather die.

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Much Madness is Divinest Sense, to a Discerning Eye....

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THERE is no frigate like a book/ To take us lands away...

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Split the Lark—and you'll find the Music, Bulb after Bulb, in Silver rolled.

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If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

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That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.

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I did not reach thee, But my feet slip nearer every day; Three Rivers and a Hill to cross, One Desert and a Sea— I shall not count the journey one Wh...more

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Consciousness is the only home of which we know.

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So bashful when I spied her!So pretty ― so ashamed!So hidden in her leafletsLest anybody find ―So breathless till I passed her ―So helpless when I tur...more

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

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Success is counted sweetest by those ne'er succeed.

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I measure every Grief I meetWith narrow, probing, Eyes;I wonder if It weighs like Mine,Or has an Easier size.

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Love is anterior to life Posterior to death Initial of creation and The exponent of breath.

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There is a pain – so utter – It swallows substance up – Then covers the Abyss with Trance – So Memory can step Around – across – opon it – As one with...more