It was not death, for I stood up, And all the dead lie down It was not night, for all the bells Put out their tongues, for noon.
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I showed her Secrets -- Morning's Nest --The Rope the Nights were put across --
And now -- "Would'st have me for a Guest?
Emily Dickinson
Gratitude -- is not the mention
Of a Tenderness,
But its still appreciation
Out of Plumb of Speech.
Emily Dickinson
What madness, by their side,
A vision to provide
Of future days
They cannot praise.
Emily Dickinson
How far is it to Hell?
Emily Dickinson
To hold a letter to the light --
Grown Tawny now, with time --
To con the faded syllables
That quickened us like Wine!
Emily Dickinson
The brain is wider than the sky.
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