I am alive-I guess (Emily Dickinson Poems)
470I am alive-I guess-The Branches on my HandAre full of Morning Glory-And at my finger's end-The Carmine-tingles warm-And if I ...
470I am alive-I guess-The Branches on my HandAre full of Morning Glory-And at my finger's end-The Carmine-tingles warm-And if I ...
Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me;The carriage held but just ourselvesAnd Immortality.We slowly drove, he ...
460I know where Wells grow-Droughtless Wells-Deep dug-for Summer days-Where Mosses go no more away-And Pebble-safely plays-It's made of Fathoms-and a ...
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 ...
804No Notice gave She, but a Change-No Message, but a Sigh-For Whom, the Time did not sufficeThat She should specify.She ...
The Grass so little has to do -A Sphere of simple Green - With only Butterflies to broodAnd Bees to ...
978It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon-The Flower-distinct and Red-I, passing, thought another NoonAnother in its steadWill equal glow, and ...
342It will be Summer-eventually.Ladies-with parasols-Sauntering Gentlemen-with Canes-And little Girls-with Dolls-Will tint the pallid landscape-As 'twere a bright Bouquet-Thro' drifted deep, ...
Heaven has different Signs-to me-Sometimes, I think that NoonIs but a symbol of the Place-And when again, at Dawn,A mighty ...
616I rose-because He sank-I thought it would be opposite-But when his power dropped-My Soul grew straight.I cheered my fainting Prince-I ...
A little east of Jordan, Evangelists record, A gymnast and an angel Did wrestle long and hard, ...
I had been hungry, all the Years-My Noon had Come-to dine-I trembling drew the Table near-And touched the Curious Wine-'Twas ...
A bird came down the walk:He did not know I saw;He bit an angle-worm in halvesAnd ate the fellow, raw.And ...
I had no Cause to be awake-My Best-was gone to sleep-And Morn a new politeness took-And failed to wake them ...
173A fuzzy fellow, without feet,Yet doth exceeding run!Of velvet, is his Countenance,And his Complexion, dun!Sometime, he dwelleth in the grass!Sometime, ...
I'll tell you how the sun rose, —A ribbon at a time.The steeples swam in amethyst,The news like squirrels ran.The ...
534We see—Comparatively—The Thing so towering highWe could not grasp its segmentUnaided—Yesterday—This Morning's finer Verdict—Makes scarcely worth the toil—A furrow—Our Cordillera—Our ...
564My period had come for Prayer-No other Art-would do-My Tactics missed a rudiment-Creator-Was it you?God grows above-so those who prayHorizons-must ...
639My Portion is Defeat-today-A paler luck than Victory-Less Paeans-fewer Bells-The Drums don't follow Me-with tunes-Defeat-a somewhat slower-means-More Arduous than Balls-'Tis ...
'T is so much joy! 'T is so much joy!If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as ...
168If the foolish, call them "flowers"-Need the wiser, tell?If the Savants "Classify" themIt is just as well!Those who read the ...
65I can't tell you-but you feel it-Nor can you tell me-Saints, with ravished slate and pencilSolve our April Day!Sweeter than ...
175I have never seen "Volcanoes"-But, when Travellers tellHow those old-phlegmatic mountainsUsually so still-Bear within-appalling Ordnance,Fire, and smoke, and gun,Taking Villages ...
22All these my banners be.I sow my pageantryIn May -It rises train by train -Then sleeps in state again -My ...
130These are the days when Birds come back-A very few-a Bird or two-To take a backward look.These are the days ...
721Behind Me - dips Eternity -Before Me - Immortality -Myself - the Term between -Death but the Drift of Eastern ...
205I should not dare to leave my friend,Because-because if he should dieWhile I was gone-and I-too late-Should reach the Heart ...
501This World is not Conclusion.A species stands beyond-Invisible, as Music-But positive, as Sound-It beckons, and it baffles-Philosophy-don't know-And through a ...
596When I was small, a Woman died-Today-her Only BoyWent up from the Potomac-His face all VictoryTo look at her-How slowlyThe ...
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