Indeed Indeed I Cannot Tell
Indeed indeed,
I cannot tell,
Though I ponder on it well,
Which were easier to state,
Indeed indeed,
I cannot tell,
Though I ponder on it well,
Which were easier to state,
On fields o'er which the reaper's hand has pass'd Lit by the harvest moon and autumn sun,
My thoughts like stubble floating in the wind And of such fineness as October airs,
There after harvest could I glean my life A richer harvest reap...
I think awhile of Love, and while I think, Love is to me a world, Sole meat and sweetest drink, And close connecting link Tween heaven and earth
I only know it is, not how or why, My greatest happiness; However hard I try, Not if I were to di...
Great God,
I ask for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye
And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That I may greatly disappoint my friend...
Let such pure hate still underprop Our love, that we may be Each other's conscience,
And have our sympathy Mainly from thence
We'll one another treat like gods,
And all the faith we have In virtue and in truth, bestow On either, and...
ON Brook, Penichook, Ye sweet waters of my brain, When shall I look, Or cast the hook, In your waves again
Silver eels, Wooden creels, These the baits that still allure, And dragon-fly That floated by, May they still endure
...
Conscience is instinct bred in the house,
Feeling and Thinking propagate the sin By an unnatural breeding in and in
I say,
Turn it out doors,
In
To
The amber of
At a high soul
LL things are current found On earthly ground, Spirits and elements Have their descents
Night and day, year on year, High and low, far and near, These are our own aspects, These are our own regrets
Ye gods of the shore, Who abide evermor...
Here lies the body of this world,
Whose soul alas to hell is hurled
This golden youth long since was past,
Its silver manhood went as fast,
I knew a man by sight, A blameless wight, Who, for a year or more, Had daily passed my door,
Yet converse none had had with him
I met him in a lane, Him and his cane, About three miles from home, Where I had chanced to roam,
And vol...
Low-anchored cloud,
Newfoundland air,
Fountain head and source of rivers,
Dew-cloth, dream drapery,