One need not be a chamber to be haunted, (Emily Dickinson Poems)
One need not be a chamber to be haunted,One need not be a house;The brain has corridors surpassingMaterial place.Far safer, ...
One need not be a chamber to be haunted,One need not be a house;The brain has corridors surpassingMaterial place.Far safer, ...
426It don't sound so terrible-quite-as it did-I run it over-"Dead", Brain, "Dead."Put it in Latin-left of my school-Seems it don't ...
136Have you got a Brook in your little heart,Where bashful flowers blow,And blushing birds go down to drink,And shadows tremble ...
959A loss of something ever felt I -The first that I could recollectBereft I was - of what I knew ...
215What is-"Paradise"-Who live there-Are they "Farmers"-Do they "hoe"-Do they know that this is "Amherst"-And that I-am coming-too-Do they wear "new ...
A clock stopped — not the mantel's Geneva's farthest skillCan't put the puppet bowing That just now dangled still.An awe ...
590Did you ever stand in a Cavern's Mouth -Widths out of the Sun -And look - and shudder, and block ...
610You'll find-it when you try to die-The Easier to let go-For recollecting such as went-You could not spare-you know.And though ...
598Three times-we parted-Breath-and I-Three times-He would not go-But strove to stir the lifeless FanThe Waters-strove to stay.Three Times-the Billows tossed ...
The day came slow, till five o'clockThen sprang before the hillsLike hindered rubies, or the lightA sudden musket spillsThe purple ...
766My Faith is larger than the Hills -So when the Hills decay -My Faith must take the Purple WheelTo show ...
679Conscious am I in my Chamber,Of a shapeless friend -He doth not attest by Posture -Nor Confirm - by Word ...
517He parts Himself-like Leaves-And then-He closes up-Then stands upon the BonnetOf Any Buttercup-And then He runs againstAnd oversets a Rose-And ...
271A solemn thing - it was - I said -A woman - white - to be -And wear - if ...
422More Life-went out-when He wentThan Ordinary Breath-Lit with a finer Phosphor-Requiring in the Quench-A Power of Renowned Cold,The Climate of ...
As imperceptibly as grief The summer lapsed away, — Too imperceptible, at last, To seem like perfidy. A quietness distilled, ...
716The Day undressed—Herself—Her Garter—was of Gold—Her Petticoat—of Purple plain—Her Dimities—as oldExactly—as the World—And yet the newest Star—Enrolled upon the HemisphereBe ...
625'Twas a long Parting - but the timeFor Interview - had Come -Before the Judgment Seat of God -The last ...
545'Tis One by One - the Father counts -And then a Tract betweenSet Cypherless - to teach the EyeThe Value ...
156You love me-you are sure-I shall not fear mistake-I shall not cheated wake-Some grinning morn-To find the Sunrise left-And Orchards-unbereft-And ...
457Sweet-safe-Houses-Glad-gay-Houses-Sealed so stately tight-Lids of Steel-on Lids of Marble-Locking Bare feet out-Brooks of Plush-in Banks of SatinNot so softly fallAs ...
138Pigmy seraphs-gone astray-Velvet people from Vevay-Balles from some lost summer day-Bees exclusive Coterie-Paris could not lay the foldBelted down with ...
637The Child's faith is new-Whole-like His Principle-Wide-like the SunriseOn fresh Eyes-Never had a Doubt-Laughs-at a Scruple-Believes all shamBut Paradise-Credits the ...
527To put this World down, like a Bundle-And walk steady, away,Requires Energy-possibly Agony-'Tis the Scarlet wayTrodden with straight renunciationBy the ...
531We dream-it is good we are dreaming-It would hurt us-were we awake-But since it is playing-kill us,And we are playing-shriek-What ...
9Through lane it lay-through bramble-Through clearing and through wood-Banditti often passed usUpon the lonely road.The wolf came peering curious-The owl ...
I like to see it lap the miles,And lick the valleys up,And stop to feed itself at tanks;And then, prodigious, ...
A drop fell on the apple treeAnother on the roof;A half a dozen kissed the eaves,And made the gables laugh.A ...
631Ourselves were wed one summer-dear-Your Vision-was in June-And when Your little Lifetime failed,I wearied-too-of mine-And overtaken in the Dark-Where You ...
336The face I carry with me-last-When I go out of Time-To take my Rank-by-in the West-That face-will just be thine-I'll ...
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