Poetessa, nato venerdì 10 dicembre 1830 a Amherst, Massachusetts (USA - Stati Uniti d'America), morto sabato 15 maggio 1886 a Amherst, Massachusetts (USA - Stati Uniti d'America)
I held a Jewel in my fingers - And went to sleep - The day was warm, and winds were prosy - I said "'Twill keep" - I woke - and chid my honest fingers, The Gem was gone - And now, an Amethyst remembrance Is all I own.
I've known a Heaven, like a Tent - To wrap it's shining Yards - Pluck up it's stakes, and disappear - Without the sound of Boards Or Rip of Nail - Or Carpenter - But just the miles of Stare - That signalize a Show's Retreat - In North America - No Trace - no Figment of the Thing That dazzled, Yesterday, No Ring - no Marvel - Men, and Feats - Dissolved as utterly - As Bird's far Navigation Discloses just a Hue - A plash of Oars, a Gaiety - Then swallowed up, of View.
Quando staremo sulla sommità del Tutto - E come gli Alberi, guarderemo giù - Il fumo si sarà del tutto dissipato - E Specchi sulla scena - A spargere luce - nessun'anima strizzerà gli occhi Eccetto quelle che hanno peccato - Quelle Oneste, come le Colline - staranno - Nessuna Luce, le mette in fuga -
I Perfetti, in nessun luogo hanno paura - Essi spingono le loro impavide Fronti, Dove altri, non oserebbero andare a Mezzogiorno, Protetti dai loro atti -
Le Stelle osano brillare talvolta Su un Mondo punteggiato - E i Soli, vanno sicuri, alla Prova, Come se un Asse, possedessero.
Ah, Moon - and Star! You are very far - But were no one Farther than you - Do you think I'd stop For a Firmament - Or a Cubit - or so? I could borrow a Bonnet Of the Lark - And a Chamois' Silver Boot - And a stirrup of an Antelope - And be with you - Tonight!
But, Moon, and Star, Though you're very far - There is one - farther than you - He - is more than a firmament - from Me - So I can never go!
"Heaven" - is what I cannot reach! The Apple on the Tree - Provided it do hopeless - hang - That - "Heaven" is - to Me! The Color, on the Cruising Cloud - The interdicted Land - Behind the Hill - the House behind - There - Paradise - is found!
Her teazing Purples - Afternoons - The credulous - decoy - Enamored - of the Conjuror - That spurned us - Yesterday!
Kill your Balm - and it's Odors bless you - Bare your Jessamine - to the storm - And she will fling her maddest perfume - Haply - your Summer night to Charm - Stab the Bird - that built in your bosom - Oh, could you catch her last Refrain - Bubble! "Forgive" - "Some better" - Bubble! "Carol for Him - when I am gone"!
I think just how my shape will rise - When I shall be "forgiven" - Till Hair - and Eyes - and timid Head - Are out of sight - in Heaven - I think just how my lips will weigh - With shapeless - quivering - prayer - That you - so late - "Consider" me - The "Sparrow" of your Care -
I mind me that of Anguish - sent - Some drifts were moved away - Before my simple bosom - broke - And why not this - if they?
And so I con that thing - "forgiven" - Until - delirious - borne - By my long bright - and longer - trust - I drop my Heart - unshriven!
If he dissolve - then - there is nothing - more - Eclipse - at Midnight - It was dark - before - Sunset - at Easter - Blindness - on the Dawn - Faint Star of Bethlehem - Gone down!
Would but some God - inform Him - Or it be too late! Say - that the pulse just lisps - The Chariots wait -
Say - that a little life - for His - Is leaking - red - His little Spaniel - tell Him! Will He heed?
The Court is far away - No Umpire - have I - My Sovereign is offended - To gain his grace - I'd die! I'll seek his royal feet - I'll say - Remember - King - Thou shalt - thyself - one day - a Child - Implore a larger - thing -
That Empire - is of Czars - As small - they say - as I - Grant me - that day - the royalty - To intercede - for Thee.
You're right - "the way is narrow" - And "difficult the Gate" - And "few there be" - Correct again - That "enter in - thereat" - 'Tis Costly - So are purples! 'Tis just the price of Breath - With but the "Discount" of the Grave - Termed by the Brokers - "Death"!
And after that - there's Heaven - The Good Man's - "Dividend" - And Bad Men - "go to Jail" - I guess.