1497
Facts by our side are never sudden
Until they look around
And then they scare us like a spectre
Protruding from the Ground—
The height of our portentous Neighbor
We never know—
Till summoned to his recognition
By an Adieu—
Adieu for whence
The sage cannot conjecture
The bravest die
As ignorant of their resumption
As you or I—
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1497
Facts by our side are never sudden
Until they look around
And then they scare us like a spectre
Protruding from the Ground—
The height of our portentous Neighbor
We never know—
Till summoned to his recognition
By an Adieu—
Adieu for whence
The sage cannot conjecture
The bravest die
As ignorant of their resumption
As you or I—
1830 - 1886/Female/American