"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant— / Success in Circuit lies"

"The Heart asks Pleasure – first – And then – Excuse from Pain – And then – those little Anodynes That deaden suffering –"

"The Soul has Bandaged moments – When too appalled to stir – She feels some ghastly Fright come up And stop to look at her –"

"To make a Prairie it takes a Clover and one Bee, And Revery. The Revery alone will do, If Bees are few."

"The Sun — just touched the Morning — The Morning — Happy thing — Supposed that He had come to dwell — And Life — would all be Spring —"