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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

So proud she was to die

So proud she was to die

So proud she was to die
It made us all ashamed
That what we cherished, so unknown
To her desire seemed.
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488
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

So the Eyes accost—and sunder

So the Eyes accost—and sunder

752

So the Eyes accost—and sunder
In an Audience—
Stamped—occasionally—forever—
So may Coun…

187
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

So has a Daisy vanished

So has a Daisy vanished

28

So has a Daisy vanished
From the fields today-
So tiptoed many a slipper
To Paradise away-

329
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

So from the mould

So from the mould

66

So from the mould
Scarlet and Gold
Many a Bulb will rise-
Hidden away, cunningly, From sagacious eyes…

388
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Snow flakes

Snow flakes

36

Snow flakes.

I counted till they danced so
Their slippers leaped the town,
And then I took a penci…

250
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Smiling back from Coronation

Smiling back from Coronation

385

Smiling back from Coronation
May be Luxury-
On the Heads that started with usBeing's
Peas…

201
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Should you but fail at—Sea

Should you but fail at—Sea

226

Should you but fail at—Sea—
In sight of me—
Or doomed lie—
Next Sun—to die—
Or rap…

208
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Size circumscribes—it has no room

Size circumscribes—it has no room

641

Size circumscribes—it has no room
For petty furniture—
The Giant tolerates no Gnat

211
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Shells from the Coast mistaking

Shells from the Coast mistaking

693

Shells from the Coast mistaking-
I cherished them for All-
Happening in After Ages
To e…

170
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She sweeps with many-colored brooms,

She sweeps with many-colored brooms,

She sweeps with many-colored brooms,
And leaves the shreds behind;
Oh, housewife in the evening west,

360
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She sped as Petals of a Rose

She sped as Petals of a Rose

991

She sped as Petals of a Rose
Offended by the Wind-
A frail Aristocrat of Time
Indemnity t…

235
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She rose to His Requirement

She rose to His Requirement

732

She rose to His Requirement-dropt
The Playthings of Her Life
To take the honorable Work
O…

788
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She died—this was the way she died

She died—this was the way she died

150

She died—this was the way she died.
And when her breath was done
Took up her simple wardro…

250
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She hideth Her the last

She hideth Her the last

557

She hideth Her the last-
And is the first, to rise-
Her Night doth hardly recompense
The Closin…

267
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Sexton! My Master's sleeping here

Sexton! My Master's sleeping here

96

Sexton! My Master's sleeping here.
Pray lead me to his bed!
I came to build the Bird's nest,…

275
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She dealt her pretty words like Blades

She dealt her pretty words like Blades

479

She dealt her pretty words like Blades-
How glittering they shone-
And every One unbared…

262
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Robbed by Death—but that was easy

Robbed by Death—but that was easy

971

Robbed by Death—but that was easy—
To the failing Eye
I could hold the latest Glowing—

143
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Savior! I've no one else to tell

Savior! I've no one else to tell

217

Savior! I've no one else to tell-
And so I trouble thee.
I am the one forgot thee so-

248
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Reverse cannot befall

Reverse cannot befall

395

Reverse cannot befall
That fine Prosperity
Whose Sources are interior-
As soon-Adversity

264
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Renunciation

Renunciation


Renunciation -- is a piercing Virtue --
The letting go
A Presence -- for an Expectation --
Not now --
The putti…

289
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Remorse

Remorse


Remorse -- is Memory -- awake --
Her Parties all astir --
A Presence of Departed Acts --
At window -- and at Door --

310
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Read—Sweet—how others—strove

Read—Sweet—how others—strove

260

Read—Sweet—how others—strove—
Till we—are stouter—
What they—renounced—
Till we—are less…

242
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Purple—is fashionable twice

Purple—is fashionable twice

980

Purple—is fashionable twice—
This season of the year,
And when a soul perceives itself
To…

238
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Publication

Publication


Publication -- is the Auction
Of the Mind of Man --
Poverty -- be justifying
For so foul a thing

Possi…

295