List of verses quoted in the film

Alexander 2022-11-11 15:52:04

*According to the order of appearance in the film, because the original work has no title, it is marked with the first sentence of each poem. Please correct me if I
am missing 1. For each ecstatic instant
2. The Heart asks Pleasure — first —
3. I went to thank Her —
4. I reckon — When I count at all —
5. I'm Nobody! Who are you?
6. To fight aloud, is very brave —
7. There is a word
8. Victory comes late —
9. If you were coming in the Fall,
10. We outgrow love, like other things
11. The Dying need but little, Dear,
12. Look back on Time, with kindly eyes —
13. Of so divine a Loss
14. We never know we go when we are going —
15. He fumbles at your Soul
16. This World is not conclusion
17. Our journey had advanced —
18. My life closed twice before its close —
19. Because I could not stop for Death —
20. This is my letter to the World

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