My first well Day -- since many ill --

My first well Day -- since many ill --
I asked to go abroad,
And take the Sunshine in my hands,
And see the things in Pod --

A'blossom just when I went in
To take my Risk[^a1]Chance with pain --
Uncertain if myself, or He,
Should prove the strongest One.

[^a1: Risk | Risk]

The Summer deepened, while we strove --
She put some flowers away --
And Redder cheeked Ones -- in their place[^a2]stead --
A fond -- illusive way --

[^a2: place | place]

To cheat Herself, it seemed she tried --
As if before a child
To die[^a3]fade -- Tomorrow -- Rainbows thrust[^a4]held T
he Sepulchre, could hide.

[^a3: die | die]

[^a4: thrust | thrust]

She dethe[^a5]alt a fashion to the Nut --
She tied the Hoods to Seeds --
She dropped bright scraps of Tint, about --
And left Brazilian Threads

[^a5: the | the]

On every shoulder she could reach[^a6]that she met --
Then both her Hands of Haze
Put up -- to hold[^a7]hide her parting
Grace From our unfurnished[^a8]unfitted eyes.

[^a6: she could reach | she could reach]

[^a7: hold | hold]

[^a8: unfurnished | unfurnished]

My loss, by sickness -- Was it Loss?
Or that Etherial Gain
One earns by measuring the Grave --
Then -- measuring the Sun --