She went as quiet as the dew    From a familiar flower.    Not like the dew did she return    At the accustomed hour!     She dropt as softly as a…

    She sweeps with many-colored brooms,    And leaves the shreds behind;    Oh, housewife in the evening west,    Come back, and dust the pond!     You dropped a purple ravelling in,    You…

    Exultation is the going    Of an inland soul to sea, —    Past the houses, past the headlands,    Into deep eternity!     Bred as we, among the mountains,    Can the sailor…

    The skies can’t keep their secret!    They tell it to the hills —    The hills just tell the orchards —    And they the daffodils!     A bird, by chance,…

    Of tribulation these are they    Denoted by the white;    The spangled gowns, a lesser rank    Of victors designate.     All these did conquer; but the ones    Who overcame most times    Wear…

    From all the jails the boys and girls    Ecstatically leap, —    Beloved, only afternoon    That prison doesn’t keep.     They storm the earth and stun the air,    A mob of…

    One blessing had I, than the rest    So larger to my eyes    That I stopped gauging, satisfied,    For this enchanted size.     It was the limit of my dream,    The…