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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

They ask but our Delight

They ask but our Delight

868

They ask but our Delight-
The Darlings of the Soil
And grant us all their Countenance
For a p…

258
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

These tested Our Horizon

These tested Our Horizon

886

These tested Our Horizon-
Then disappeared
As Birds before achieving
A Latitude.

319
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There's a certain Slant of light (258)

There's a certain Slant of light (258)

There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons--
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tu…

194
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There's something quieter than sleep

There's something quieter than sleep

45

There's something quieter than sleep
Within this inner room!
It wears a sprig upon its br…

297
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There is a word

There is a word

8

There is a word
Which bears a sword
Can pierce an armed man-
It hurls its barbed syllables
And i…

286
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There is another sky

There is another sky

2

There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness t…

590
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There is a Languor of the Life

There is a Languor of the Life

396

There is a Languor of the Life
More imminent than Pain'
Tis Pain's Successor-When the Soul

231
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There is a pain—so utter

There is a pain—so utter

599

There is a pain—so utter—
It swallows substance up—
Then covers the Abyss with Trance—
So Me…

221
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There is a flower that Bees prefer

There is a flower that Bees prefer

380

There is a flower that Bees prefer-
And Butterflies-desire-
To gain the Purple Democrat

277
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There came a Wind like a Bugle

There came a Wind like a Bugle

There cam a Wind like a Bugle -
It quivered through the Grass
And a Green Chill upon the Heat
So ominous di…

301
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

There are two Ripenings—one—of sight

There are two Ripenings—one—of sight

332

There are two Ripenings—one—of sight—
Whose forces Spheric wind
Until the Velvet product…

252
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous

The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous

689

The Zeroes—taught us—Phosphorous—
We learned to like the Fire
By playing Glaciers—when a Boy…

230
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Woodpecker

The Woodpecker

His bill an auger is,
His head, a cap and frill.
He laboreth at every tree,--
A worm his utmost goal.

414
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The World-stands-solemner-to me

The World-stands-solemner-to me

493

The World-stands-solemner-to me-
Since I was wed-to Him-
A modesty befits the soul
That…

210
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The wind trapped like a tired man,

The wind trapped like a tired man,

The wind tapped like a tired man,
And like a host, 'Come in,'
I boldly answered; entered then
My resid…

319
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The wind begun to rock the grass

The wind begun to rock the grass

The wind begun to rock the grass
With threatening tunes and low,--
He flung a menace at the earth,
A mena…

281
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Whole of it came not at once

The Whole of it came not at once

762

The Whole of it came not at once'
Twas Murder by degrees-
A Thrust-and then for Life a chance-…

346
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Way I read a Letter's—this

The Way I read a Letter's—this

636

The Way I read a Letter's—this—
'Tis first—I lock the Door—
And push it with my fingers—next— …

281
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Truth—is stirless

The Truth—is stirless

780

The Truth—is stirless—
Other force—may be presumed to move—
This—then—is best for confidence—
W…

255
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Tint I cannot take—is best

The Tint I cannot take—is best

627

The Tint I cannot take—is best—
The Color too remote
That I could show it in Bazaar—
A…

313
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Sun—just touched the Morning

The Sun—just touched the Morning

232

The Sun—just touched the Morning—
The Morning—Happy thing—
Supposed that He had come to dwel…

240
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Sunset stopped on Cottages

The Sunset stopped on Cottages

950

The Sunset stopped on Cottages
Where Sunset hence must be
For treason not of His, but Life's, …

297
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Sun kept setting—setting—still

The Sun kept setting—setting—still

692

The Sun kept setting—setting—still
No Hue of Afternoon—
Upon the Village I perceived

235
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

The Sun and Moon must make their haste

The Sun and Moon must make their haste

871

The Sun and Moon must make their haste-
The Stars express around
For in the Zones of Pa…

260