Had I not This, or This, I said,
Appealing to Myself,
In moment of prosperity --
Inadequate -- were Life --
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
More Quotes from Emily Dickinson:
I told myself, "Take Courage, Friend --That -- was a former time --
But we might learn to like the Heaven,
As well as our Old Home!
Emily Dickinson
Whose Summer set in Summer, till
The Centuries of June
And Centuries of August cease
And Consciousness -- is Noon.
Emily Dickinson
Angel's breathless ballot
Lingers to record thee --
Imps in eager Caucus
Raffle for my Soul!
Emily Dickinson
Insulting is the sun
To him whose mortal light
Beguiled of immortality
Bequeaths him to the night.
Emily Dickinson
Whatever it is -- she has tried it --
Awful Father of Love --
Is not Ours the chastising --
Do not chastise the Dove --
Emily Dickinson
It has no Future -- but itself --
Its Infinite contain
Its Past -- enlightened to perceive
New Periods -- of Pain.
Emily Dickinson
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