Date: 1892
"Remorse is cureless,—the disease / Not even God can heal; / For 't is his institution,-- / The complement of hell."
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Date: 1892
"The body grows outside,-- / The more convenient way,-- / That if the spirit like to hide, / Its temple stands alway // Ajar, secure, inviting."
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Date: 1892
"Behold the atom I preferred / To all the lists of clay!"
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Date: 1892
"Futile the winds / To a heart in port,-- / Done with the compass, / Done with the chart."
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Date: 1892
"Grant me, O Lord, a sunny mind, / Thy windy will to bear!"
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Date: 1892
"The broadest land that grows / Is not so ample as the breast / These emerald seams enclose."
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Date: 1892
"One need not be a chamber to be haunted, / One need not be a house; / The brain has corridors surpassing / Material place."
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Date: 1892
"Winds of summer fields / Recollect the way,-- / Instinct picking up the key / Dropped by memory."
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Date: 1900
"Then from this hour deep on my heart engraved / Be all my duty needful."
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