Forbidden fruit a flavor has    That lawful orchards mocks;    How luscious lies the pea within    The pod that Duty locks!

I had no cause to be awake,    My best was gone to sleep,    And morn a new politeness took,    And failed to wake them up,     But called the…

Ashes denote that fire was;    Respect the grayest pile    For the departed creature’s sake    That hovered there awhile.     Fire exists the first in light,    And then consolidates, —    Only the…

 Few get enough, — enough is one;    To that ethereal throng    Have not each one of us the right    To stealthily belong?

 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…