The soul selects her own society,
       Then shuts the door;
       On her divine majority
       Obtrude no more.
       Unmoved, she notes the chariot's pausing
       At her low gate;
       Unmoved, an emperor is kneeling
       Upon her mat.
       I've known her from an ample nation
       Choose one;
       Then close the valves of her attention
       Like stone.

Preface.
Prelude
i. life
   I. Success.
   II.
   III. Rouge et Noir.
   IV. Rouge Gagne.
   V.
   VI.
   VII. Almost!
   VIII.
   IX.
   X. In a Library.
   XI.
   XII.
   XIII. Exclusion.
   XIV. The Secret.
   XV. The Lonely House.
   XVI.
   XVII. Dawn.
   XVIII. The Book of Martyrs.
   XIX. The Mystery of Pain.
   XX.
   XXI. A Book.
   XXII.
   XXIII. Unreturning.
   XXIV.
   XXV.
   XXVI.
ii. love
   I. Mine.
   II. Bequest.
   III.
   IV. Suspense.
   V. Surrender.
   VI.
   VII. With a Flower.
   VIII. Proof.
   IX.
   X. Transplanted.
   XI. The Outlet.
   XII. In Vain.
   XIII. Renunciation.
   XIV. Love's Baptism.
   XV. Resurrection.
   XVI. Apocalypse.
   XVII. The Wife.
   XVIII. Apotheosis.
iii. nature
   I.
   II. May-Flower.
   III. Why?
   IV.
   V.
   VI. A Service of Song.
   VII.
   VIII. Summer's Armies.
   IX. The Grass.
   X.
   XI. Summer Shower.
   XII. Psalm of the Day.
   XIII. The Sea of Sunset.
   XIV. Purple Clover.
   XV. The Bee.
   XVI.
   XVII.
   XVIII.
   XIX.
   XX. Two Worlds.
   XXI. The Mountain.
   XXII. A Day.
   XXIII.
   XXIV. The Wind.
   XXV. Death and Life.
   XXVI.
   XXVII. Indian Summer.
   XXVIII. Autumn.
   XXIX. Beclouded.
   XXX. The Hemlock.
   XXXI.
iv. time and eternity
   I.
   II. Too Late.
   III. Astra Castra.
   IV.
   V.
   VI. From the Chrysalis.
   VII. Setting Sail.
   VIII.
   IX.
   X.
   XI. "Troubled About Many Things."
   XII. Real.
   XIII. The Funeral.
   XIV.
   XV.
   XVI. Refuge.
   XVII.
   XVIII. Playmates.
   XIX.
   XX.
   XXI. The First Lesson.
   XXII.
   XXIII.
   XXIV.
   XXV. Dying.
   XXVI.
   XXVII. The Chariot.
   XXVIII.
   XXIX. Resurgam.
   XXX.
   XXXI.
   XXXII.
   XXXIII. Along the Potomac.
   XXXIV.
   XXXV. Emancipation.
   XXXVI. Lost.
   XXXVII.
   XXXVIII.
   XXXIX.
   XL.