She rose to his requirement, (Emily Dickinson Poems)
She rose to his requirement, droppedThe playthings of her lifeTo take the honorable workOf woman and of wife.If aught she ...
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To buy a flower (Emily Dickinson Poems)
Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower,But I could never sell-If you would like to borrow,Until the DaffodilUnties her yellow ...
Kill your Balm-and its Odors bless you (Emily Dickinson Poems)
238Kill your Balm-and its Odors bless you-Bare your Jessamine-to the storm-And she will fling her maddest perfume-Haply-your Summer night to ...
Some-Work for Immortality (Emily Dickinson Poems)
406Some-Work for Immortality-The Chiefer part, for Time-He-Compensates-immediately-The former-Checks-on Fame-Slow Gold-but Everlasting-The Bullion of Today-Contrasted with the CurrencyOf Immortality-A Beggar-Here and ...
Glowing is her Bonnet (Emily Dickinson Poems)
72Glowing is her Bonnet,Glowing is her Cheek,Glowing is her Kirtle,Yet she cannot speak.Better as the DaisyFrom the Summer hillVanish unrecordedSave ...
I went to heaven,– (Emily Dickinson Poems)
I went to heaven,—'T was a small town,Lit with a ruby,Lathed with down.Stiller than the fieldsAt the full dew,Beautiful as ...
Unto Me? I do not know you- (Emily Dickinson Poems)
Unto Me? I do not know you-Where may be your House?"I am Jesus-Late of Judea-Now-of Paradise"-Wagons-have you-to convey me?This is ...
May Flower (Emily Dickinson Poems)
Pink, small, and punctual,Aromatic, low,Covert in April,Candid in May, Dear to the moss,Known by the knoll,Next to the robinIn every ...
Morns like these-we parted (Emily Dickinson Poems)
27Morns like these-we parted-Noons like these-she rose-Fluttering first-then firmerTo her fair repose.Never did she lisp it-It was not for me-She-was ...
Inconceivabl (Emily Dickinson Poems)
582Inconceivably solemn!Things go gayPierce-by the very PressOf Imagery-Their far Parades-order on the eyeWith a mute Pomp-A pleading Pageantry-Flags, are a ...
For Death – or rather (Emily Dickinson Poems)
382For Death - or ratherFor the Things 'twould buy -This - put awayLife's Opportunity -The Things that Death will buyAre ...
Not probable-The (Emily Dickinson Poems)
346Not probable-The barest Chance-A smile too few-a word too muchAnd far from Heaven as the Rest-The Soul so close on ...
‘Twould ease – a Butterfly (Emily Dickinson Poems)
682'Twould ease - a Butterfly -Elate - a Bee -Thou'rt neither -Neither - thy capacity -But, Blossom, were I,I would ...
The World-feels Dusty (Emily Dickinson Poems)
715The World-feels DustyWhen We stop to Die-We want the Dew-then-Honors-taste dry-Flags-vex a Dying face-But the least FanStirred by a friend's ...
I’m (Emily Dickinson Poems)
199I'm "wife"-I've finished that-That other state-I'm Czar-I'm "Woman" now-It's safer so-How odd the Girl's life looksBehind this soft Eclipse-I think ...
Why-do they shut Me out of Heaven? (Emily Dickinson Poems)
248Why-do they shut Me out of Heaven?Did I sing-too loud?But-I can say a little "Minor"Timid as a Bird!Wouldn't the Angels ...
The Test of Love-is Death (Emily Dickinson Poems)
573The Test of Love-is Death-Our Lord-"so loved"-it saith-What Largest Lover-hathAnother-doth-If smaller Patience-be-Through less Infinity-If Bravo, sometimes swerve-Through fainter Nerve-Accept its ...
Deprived of other Banquet (Emily Dickinson Poems)
773Deprived of other Banquet,I entertained Myself-At first-a scant nutrition-An insufficient Loaf-But grown by slender addingsTo so esteemed a size'Tis sumptuous ...
Our little Kinsmen-afte (Emily Dickinson Poems)
885Our little Kinsmen-after RainIn plenty may be seen,A Pink and Pulpy multitudeThe tepid Ground upon.A needless life, it seemed to ...
To make One’s Toilette—after Death (Emily Dickinson Poems)
485To make One's Toilette—after DeathHas made the Toilette coolOf only Taste we cared to pleaseIs difficult, and still—That's easier—than Braid ...
What Soft-Cherubi (Emily Dickinson Poems)
401What Soft-Cherubic Creatures-These Gentlewomen are-One would as soon assault a Plush-Or violate a Star-Such Dimity Convictions-A Horror so refinedOf freckled ...
We learned the Whole of Love (Emily Dickinson Poems)
568We learned the Whole of Love-The Alphabet-the Words-A Chapter-then the mighty Book-Then-Revelation closed-But in Each Other's eyesAn Ignorance beheld-Diviner than ...
The Martyr Poets-did not tell (Emily Dickinson Poems)
544The Martyr Poets-did not tell-But wrought their Pang in syllable-That when their mortal name be numb-Their mortal fate-encourage Some-The Martyr ...
On a Columnar Self (Emily Dickinson Poems)
789On a Columnar Self-How ample to relyIn Tumult-or Extremity-How good the CertaintyThat Lever cannot pry-And Wedge cannot divideConviction-That Granitic Base-Though ...
How noteless Men, and Pleiads, stand (Emily Dickinson Poems)
How noteless Men, and Pleiads, stand,Until a sudden skyReveals the fact that One is raptForever from the Eye-Members of the ...
Nature is what we see- (Emily Dickinson Poems)
Nature is what we see-The Hill-the Afternoon-Squirrel-Eclipse-the Bumble bee-Nay-Nature is Heaven-Nature is what we hear-The Bobolink-the Sea-Thunder-the Cricket-Nay-Nature is Harmony-Nature ...
God is a distant – stat (Emily Dickinson Poems)
357God is a distant - stately Lover -Woos, as He states us - by His Son -Verily, a Vicarious Courtship ...
We Cover Thee-Sweet Face (Emily Dickinson Poems)
482We Cover Thee-Sweet Face-Not that We tire of Thee-But that Thyself fatigue of Us-Remember-as Thou go-We follow Thee untilThou notice ...
‘Tis Opposites – en (Emily Dickinson Poems)
'Tis Opposites - entice -Deformed Men - ponder Grace -Bright fires-the Blanketless -The Lost - Day's face -The Blind - ...
Exhilaration (Emily Dickinson Poems)
383Exhilaration - is within -There can no Outer WineSo royally intoxicateAs that diviner BrandThe Soul achieves - Herself -To drink ...