Father, I bring thee not myself, —    That were the little load;    I bring thee the imperial heart    I had not strength to hold.     The heart I cherished…

Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,    Then I am ready to go!    Just a look at the horses —    Rapid! That will do!     Put me in…

 Far from love the Heavenly Father    Leads the chosen child;    Oftener through realm of briar    Than the meadow mild,     Oftener by the claw of dragon    Than the hand of…

Faith is a fine invention    For gentlemen who see;    But microscopes are prudent    In an emergency!

Experiment to me    Is every one I meet.    If it contain a kernel?    The figure of a nut     Presents upon a tree,    Equally plausibly;    But meat within is requisite,    To squirrels…

 I stepped from plank to plank    So slow and cautiously;    The stars about my head I felt,    About my feet the sea.     I knew not but the next    Would…

The soul selects her own society,    Then shuts the door;    On her divine majority    Obtrude no more.     Unmoved, she notes the chariot’s pausing    At her low gate;    Unmoved, an emperor…

Except to heaven, she is nought;    Except for angels, lone;    Except to some wide-wandering bee,    A flower superfluous blown;     Except for winds, provincial;    Except by butterflies,    Unnoticed as a single…

 Except the heaven had come so near,    So seemed to choose my door,    The distance would not haunt me so;    I had not hoped before.     But just to…

The cricket sang,    And set the sun,    And workmen finished, one by one,    Their seam the day upon.     The low grass loaded with the dew,    The twilight stood as…