"I fear a Pioneer – Himself – The Vanishing Frontier – The Wilderness – in him – No less – than in the Land –"

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

"My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – In Corners – till a Day The Owner passed – identified – And carried Me away –"

"The Zeroes – taught us – Phosphorus – We learned by their Decay – The Ruby in the Cavern – We found – when it was due –"

"If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the …"