Poems, Series 1

IX. The Grass.

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IX. The Grass.

The grass so little has to do, --

A sphere of simple green,

With only butterflies to brood,

And bees to entertain,

And stir all day to pretty tunes

The breezes fetch along,

And hold the sunshine in its lap

And bow to everything;

And thread the dews all night, like pearls,

And make itself so fine, --

A duchess were too common

For such a noticing.

And even when it dies, to pass

In odors so divine,

As lowly spices gone to sleep,

Or amulets of pine.

And then to dwell in sovereign barns,

And dream the days away, --

The grass so little has to do,

I wish I were the hay!

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Summary

Preface.

Prelude

I. Life

I. Success.

II.

III. Rouge et Noir.

IV. Rouge Gagne.

V.

VI.

VII. Almost!

VIII.

IX.

X. In a Library.

XI.

XII.

XIII. Exclusion.

XIV. The Secret.

XV. The Lonely House.

XVI.

XVII. Dawn.

XVIII. The Book of Martyrs.

XIX. The Mystery of Pain.

XX.

XXI. A Book.

XXII.

XXIII. Unreturning.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

II. Love

I. Mine.

II. Bequest.

III.

IV. Suspense.

V. Surrender.

VI.

VII. With a Flower.

VIII. Proof.

IX.

X. Transplanted.

XI. The Outlet.

XII. In Vain.

XIII. Renunciation.

XIV. Love's Baptism.

XV. Resurrection.

XVI. Apocalypse.

XVII. The Wife.

XVIII. Apotheosis.

III. Nature

I.

II. May-Flower.

III. Why?

IV.

V.

VI. A Service of Song.

VII.

VIII. Summer's Armies.

IX. The Grass.

X.

XI. Summer Shower.

XII. Psalm of the Day.

XIII. The Sea of Sunset.

XIV. Purple Clover.

XV. The Bee.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX. Two Worlds.

XXI. The Mountain.

XXII. A Day.

XXIII.

XXIV. The Wind.

XXV. Death and Life.

XXVI.

XXVII. Indian Summer.

XXVIII. Autumn.

XXIX. Beclouded.

XXX. The Hemlock.

XXXI.

IV. Time and Eternity

I.

II. Too Late.

III. Astra Castra.

IV.

V.

VI. From the Chrysalis.

VII. Setting Sail.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI. "Troubled About Many Things."

XII. Real.

XIII. The Funeral.

XIV.

XV.

XVI. Refuge.

XVII.

XVIII. Playmates.

XIX.

XX.

XXI. The First Lesson.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV. Dying.

XXVI.

XXVII. The Chariot.

XXVIII.

XXIX. Resurgam.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII. Along the Potomac.

XXXIV.

XXXV. Emancipation.

XXXVI. Lost.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

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