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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

I've none to tell me to but Thee

I've none to tell me to but Thee

881

I've none to tell me to but Thee
So when Thou failest, nobody.
It was a little tie-
I…

259
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes

I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes

183

I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
In a Cathedral Aisle,
And understood no word it said-…

267
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It's such a little thing to weep

It's such a little thing to weep

189

It's such a little thing to weep-
So short a thing to sigh-
And yet-by Trades-the size of thes…

678
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It's easy to invent a Life

It's easy to invent a Life

724

It's easy to invent a Life-
God does it-every DayCreation-
but the Gambol
Of His Authority

354
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It's all I have to bring today

It's all I have to bring today

26

It's all I have to bring today-
This, and my heart beside-
This, and my heart, and all the fields…

240
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It would have starved a Gnat

It would have starved a Gnat

612

It would have starved a Gnat-
To live so small as I-
And yet I was a living Child-
With Foo…

345
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It was too late for Man

It was too late for Man

623

It was too late for Man-
But early, yet, for GodCreation-
impotent to help-
But Prayer-remained-…

354
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It was given to me by the Gods

It was given to me by the Gods

454

It was given to me by the Gods-
When I was a little Girl-
They given us Presents most-you know-<…

274
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It troubled me as once I was

It troubled me as once I was

600

It troubled me as once I was-
For I was once a Child-
Concluding how an Atom-fell-
And yet …

286
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It struck me every day

It struck me every day

It struck me every day
The lightning was as new
As if the cloud that instant slit
And let the fire through.

313
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It knew no Medicine

It knew no Medicine

559

It knew no Medicine-
It was not Sickness-then-
Nor any need of Surgery-
And therefore-'twas not Pain…

287
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It might be lonelier

It might be lonelier

405

It might be lonelier
Without the LonelinessI'm
so accustomed to my Fate-
Perhaps the Other-Peace-…

333
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It is easy to work when the soul is at play

It is easy to work when the soul is at play

244

It is easy to work when the soul is at play-
But when the soul is in pain-
The hear…

160
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It is a lonesome Glee

It is a lonesome Glee

774

It is a lonesome Glee-
Yet sanctifies the Mind-
With fair association-
Afar upon the Wind

318
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It dropped so low in my regard

It dropped so low in my regard

It dropped so low in my regard
I heard it hit the ground,
And go to pieces on the stones
At bottom of my m…

325
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did

It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did

426

It don't sound so terrible—quite—as it did—
I run it over—"Dead", Brain, "Dead."
P…

298
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon

It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon

978

It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon-
The Flower-distinct and Red-
I, passing, thought anoth…

309
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

It ceased to hurt me, though so slow

It ceased to hurt me, though so slow

584

It ceased to hurt me, though so slow
I could not feel the Anguish go-
But only knew by lo…

303
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Is Bliss then, such Abyss

Is Bliss then, such Abyss

340

Is Bliss then, such Abyss,
I must not put my foot amiss
For fear I spoil my shoe?

<…

253
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Is it true, dear Sue?

Is it true, dear Sue?

218

Is it true, dear Sue?
Are there two?
I shouldn't like to come
For fear of joggling Him!

316
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

In Winter in my Room

In Winter in my Room

1670

In Winter in my Room
I came upon a Worm-
Pink, lank and warm-
But as he was a worm
And wo…

401
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

In lands I never saw—they say

In lands I never saw—they say

124

In lands I never saw—they say
Immortal Alps look down—
Whose Bonnets touch the firmament—

206
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

I'm the little Heart's Ease

I'm the little "Heart's Ease"

176

I'm the little "Heart's Ease"!
I don't care for pouting skies!
If the Butterfly delay
C…

313
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

In Ebon Box, when years have flown

In Ebon Box, when years have flown

169

In Ebon Box, when years have flown
To reverently peer,
Wiping away the velvet dust

287