Becoming America - An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution, 2018a

BECOMING AMERICA
REVOLUTIONARY AND EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD LITERATURE
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground—
The Roof was scarcely visible—
The Cornice—in the Ground—
Since then—’tis centuries— and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I rst surmised the Horses’ Heads
Were toward Eternity—
4.26.21 #519 [this is my letter to the World]
This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me —
The simple News that Nature told —
With tender Majesty
Her Message is committed
To Hands I cannot see —
For love of Her — Sweet — countrymen —
Judge tenderly — of Me
4.26.22 #598 [The Brain – is wider than the Sky]
The Brain — is wider than the Sky —
For — put them side by side —
The one the other will contain
With ease — and You — beside —
The Brain is deeper than the sea —
For — hold them — Blue to Blue —
The one the other will absorb —
As Sponges — Buckets — do —
The Brain is just the weight of God —
For — Heft them — Pound for Pound —
And they will dier — if they do —
As Syllable from Sound —
4.26.23 #620 [Much Madness is divinest Sense]
Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
‘T is the majority
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