It was not death, for I stood up (Emily Dickinson Poems)
It was not death, for I stood up,And all the dead lie down.It was not night, for all the bellsPut ...
It was not death, for I stood up,And all the dead lie down.It was not night, for all the bellsPut ...
512The Soul has Bandaged moments-When too appalled to stir-She feels some ghastly Fright come upAnd stop to look at her-Salute ...
588I cried at Pity-not at Pain-I heard a Woman say"Poor Child"-and something in her voiceConvicted me-of me-So long I fainted, ...
295Unto like Story-Trouble has enticed me-How Kinsmen fell-Brothers and Sister-who preferred the Glory-And their young willBent to the Scaffold, or ...
Some Rainbow-coming from the Fair!Some Vision of the World Cashmere-I confidently see!Or else a Peacock's purple TrainFeather by feather-on the ...
128Bring me the sunset in a cup,Reckon the morning's flagons upAnd say how many Dew,Tell me how far the morning ...
There's been a Death, in the Opposite House,As lately as Today-I know it, by the numb lookSuch Houses have-alway-The Neighbors ...
146On such a night, or such a night,Would anybody careIf such a little figureSlipped quiet from its chair-So quiet-Oh how ...
Tie the strings to my life, my Lord, Then I am ready to go! Just a look ...
I started Early - Took my Dog -And visited the Sea -The Mermaids in the BasementCame out to look at ...
592What care the Dead, for Chanticleer-What care the Dead for Day?'Tis late your Sunrise vex their face-And Purple Ribaldry-of MorningPour ...
597It always felt to me - a wrongTo that Old Moses - done -To let him see - the Canaan ...
499Those fair - fictitious People -The Women - plucked awayFrom our familiar Lifetime -The Men of Ivory -Those Boys and ...
A something in a summer's DayAs slow her flambeaux burn awayWhich solemnizes me.A something in a summer's noon -A depth ...
I started early, took my dog,And visited the sea;The mermaids in the basementCame out to look at me. And frigates ...
344'Twas the old - road - through pain -That unfrequented - one -With many a turn - and thorn -That ...
'Tis so appalling - it exhilarates -So over Horror, it half Captivates -The Soul stares after it, secure -A Sepulchre, ...
132I bring an unaccustomed wineTo lips long parchingNext to mine,And summon them to drink;Crackling with fever, they Essay,I turn my ...
316The Wind didn't come from the Orchard-today-Further than that-Nor stop to play with the Hay-Nor joggle a Hat-He's a transitive ...
627The Tint I cannot take-is best-The Color too remoteThat I could show it in Bazaar-A Guinea at a sight-The fine-impalpable ...
I heard a fly buzz when I died; The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in ...
427I'll clutch-and clutch-Next-One-Might be the golden touch-Could take it-Diamonds-Wait-I'm diving-just a little late-But stars-go slow-for night-I'll string you-in fine Necklace-Tiaras-make-of ...
Nature-the Gentlest Mother is,Impatient of no Child-The feeblest-or the waywardest-Her Admonition mild-In Forest-and the Hill-By Traveller-be heard-Restraining Rampant Squirrel-Or too ...
196We don't cry-Tim and I,We are far too grand-But we bolt the door tightTo prevent a friend-Then we hide our ...
925Struck, was I, not yet by Lightning-Lightning-lets awayPower to perceive His ProcessWith Vitality.Maimed-was I-yet not by Venture-Stone of stolid Boy-Nor ...
505I would not paint-a picture-I'd rather be the OneIts bright impossibilityTo dwell-delicious-on-And wonder how the fingers feelWhose rare-celestial-stir-Evokes so sweet ...
508I'm ceded-I've stopped being Theirs-The name They dropped upon my faceWith water, in the country churchIs finished using, now,And They ...
416A Murmur in the Trees - to note -Not loud enough - for Wind -A Star - not far enough ...
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,And Mourners to and froKept treading-treading-till it seemedThat Sense was breaking through-And when they ...
529I'm sorry for the Dead-Today-It's such congenial timesOld Neighbors have at fences-It's time o' year for Hay.And Broad-Sunburned AcquaintanceDiscourse between ...
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