If recollecting were forgetting,    Then I remember not;    And if forgetting, recollecting,    How near I had forgot!    And if to miss were merry,    And if to mourn were gay,    How very…

    South winds jostle them,    Bumblebees come,    Hover, hesitate,    Drink, and are gone.     Butterflies pause    On their passage Cashmere;    I, softly plucking,    Present them here!

    When roses cease to bloom, dear,    And violets are done,    When bumble-bees in solemn flight    Have passed beyond the sun,     The hand that paused to gather    Upon this summer’s…

    I hide myself within my flower,    That wearing on your breast,    You, unsuspecting, wear me too —    And angels know the rest.     I hide myself within my flower,    That,…

    Wild nights! Wild nights!    Were I with thee,    Wild nights should be    Our luxury!     Futile the winds    To a heart in port, —    Done with the compass,    Done with the chart….

    The murmur of a bee    A witchcraft yieldeth me.    If any ask me why,    ‘T were easier to die    Than tell.     The red upon the hill    Taketh away my will;    If…

    My friend must be a bird,    Because it flies!    Mortal my friend must be,    Because it dies!    Barbs has it, like a bee.    Ah, curious friend,    Thou puzzlest me!

    Who has not found the heaven below    Will fail of it above.    God’s residence is next to mine,    His furniture is love.

    Where every bird is bold to go,    And bees abashless play,    The foreigner before he knocks    Must thrust the tears away.

    When I hoped I feared,    Since I hoped I dared;    Everywhere alone    As a church remain;    Spectre cannot harm,    Serpent cannot charm;    He deposes doom,    Who hath suffered him.