Poems No. 100-199 Page 10

Poems No. 100-199
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195 For this -- accepted Breath -- Through it -- compete with Death -- The fellow cannot touch this Crown -- By it -- my title take -- Ah, what a royal sake To my necessity -- stooped down! No Wilderness -- can be Where this attendeth me -- No Desert Noon -- No fear of frost to come Haunt the perennial bloom -- But Certain June! Get Gabriel -- to tell -- the royal syllable -- Get Saints -- with new -- unsteady tongue -- To say what trance below Most like their glory show -- Fittest the Crown! 196 We don't cry -- Tim and I, We are far too grand -- But we bolt the door tight To prevent a friend -- Then we hide our brave face Deep in our hand -- Not to cry -- Tim and I -- We are far too grand -- Nor to dream -- he and me -- Do we condescend -- We just shut our brown eye To see to the end -- Tim -- see Cottages -- But, Oh, so high! Then -- we shake -- Tim and I -- And lest I -- cry -- Tim -- reads a little Hymn -- And we both pray -- Please, Sir, I and Tim -- Always lost the way! We must die -- by and by -- Clergymen say -- Tim -- shall -- if I -- do -- I -- too -- if he -- How shall we arrange it -- Tim -- was -- so -- shy? Take us simultaneous -- Lord -- I -- "Tim" -- and Me! 197 Morning -- is the place for Dew -- Corn -- is made at Noon -- After dinner light -- for flowers -- Dukes -- for Setting Sun! 198 An awful Tempest mashed the air -- The clouds were gaunt, and few -- A Black -- as of a Spectre's Cloak Hid Heaven and Earth from view. The creatures chuckled on the Roofs -- And whistled in the air -- And shook their fists -- And gnashed their teeth -- And swung their frenzied hair. The morning lit -- the Birds arose -- The Monster's faded eyes Turned slowly to his native coast -- And peace -- was Paradise! 199 I'm "wife" -- I've finished that -- That other state -- I'm Czar -- I'm "Woman" now -- It's safer so -- How odd the Girl's life looks Behind this soft Eclipse -- I think that Earth feels so To folks in Heaven -- now -- This being comfort -- then That other kind -- was pain -- But why compare? I'm "Wife"! Stop there!
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