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Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew, Reeling, through endless summer days, From inns of molten blue. - Poems (XX) [Drinking] Belshazzar had a letter,-- He never had but one; Belshazzar's correspondence Concluded and begun In that immortal copy The conscience of us all Can read without its glasses On revelation's wall. - Poems (XXV, Belshazzar had a Letter), (ed. 1891) [Post] Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But Microscopes are prudent In an emergency. - Poems--Second Series (XXX) [Faith] Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition So clear of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Break agonized and clear. - Poems--Success [Victory] His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune; Oh, for a bee's experience Of clovers and of noon! - Poems--The Bee (XV) [Bees] Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. - Success, (ed. 1891) [Success] Wild nights! Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! - Wild Nights [Love] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author: << Prev 1 [2]
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