The only Commandment I ever obeyed — 'Consider the Lilies.

I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!

How softly summer shuts, without the creaking of a door.

The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared me. He preached such an awful sermon I didn't think I should ever see you again until the Judgment Day. The subject of perdition seemed to please him somehow.

My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word

Within thy Grave! Oh no, but on some other flight - Thou only camest to mankind To rend it with Good night

A power of Butterfly must be - The Aptitude to fly Meadows of Majesty concedes And easy Sweeps of Sky -