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

Hope is a thing with feathers

A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,— The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies,— Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies.

If I can stop one heart from breaking…” Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

You ask of my companions. Hills, sir, and the sundown, and a dog as large as myself.

I must go in, the fog is rising.

Common sense is almost as omniscient as God.