How well I knew Her not
Whom not to know has been
A Bounty in prospective, now
Next Door to mine the Pain.
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
More Quotes from Emily Dickinson:
How odd that girl's life looks Behind this soft eclipse I think that earth seems so To those in heaven now. This being comfort, then That other kind was pain But why compare I'm wife stop there.Emily Dickinson
Spring is the Period
Express from God.
Emily Dickinson
Nature assigns the Sun --
That -- is Astronomy --
Nature cannot enact a Friend --
That -- is Astrology.
Emily Dickinson
Satisfaction -- is the Agent
Of Satiety --
Want -- a quiet Commissary
For Infinity.
Emily Dickinson
But nature is a stranger yet;
The ones that cite her most
Have never passed her haunted house,
Nor simplified her ghost.
Emily Dickinson
That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
Emily Dickinson
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Pain QuotesBased on Keywords: bounty, prospective
I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten.
Victor Salva
Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
Isaac Watts
Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.
Barber B. Conable, Jr.