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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Exultation is the going

Exultation is the going

76

Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea,
Past the houses-past the headlands-
Into deep…

346
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Faith

Faith


"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.

262
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Exclusion (The soul selects her own society)

Exclusion (The soul selects her own society)

The soul selects her own society,

Then shuts the door;

On her divine majority

281
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Expectation—is Contentment

Expectation—is Contentment

807

Expectation—is Contentment—
Gain—Satiety—
But Satiety—Conviction
Of Necessity

306
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Escaping backward to perceive

Escaping backward to perceive

867

Escaping backward to perceive
The Sea upon our place-
Escaping forward, to confront
His …

244
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Except the Heaven had come so near

Except the Heaven had come so near

472

Except the Heaven had come so near-
So seemed to choose My Door-
The Distance would not haun…

252
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Empty my Heart, of Thee

Empty my Heart, of Thee

587

Empty my Heart, of Thee-
Its single Artery-
Begin, and leave Thee out-
Simply Extinction's Date-…

349
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Elysium is as far as to

Elysium is as far as to

Elysium is as far as to
The very nearest Room
If in that Room a Friend await
Felicity or Doom--

Wh…

235
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Each Scar I'll keep for Him

Each Scar I'll keep for Him

877

Each Scar I'll keep for Him
Instead I'll say of Gem
In His long Absence worn
A Costlier o…

296
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Dying! To be afraid of thee

Dying! To be afraid of thee

831

Dying! To be afraid of thee
One must to thine Artillery
Have left exposed a Friend-
Than t…

252
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Dropped into the Ether Acre

Dropped into the Ether Acre

665

Dropped into the Ether Acre-
Wearing the Sod Gown-
Bonnet of Everlasting LacesBrooch-
frozen…

289
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Dying (I heard a fly buzz when I died)

Dying (I heard a fly buzz when I died)

I heard a fly buzz when I died;
The stillness round my form
Was like the stillness in the air
Betw…

192
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Drama's Vitallest Expression is the Common Day

Drama's Vitallest Expression is the Common Day

741

Drama's Vitallest Expression is the Common Day
That arise and set about Us-
Oth…

320
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Doubt Me! My Dim Companion!

Doubt Me! My Dim Companion!

275

Doubt Me! My Dim Companion!
Why, God, would be content
With but a fraction of the Life-
Po…

345
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Distrustful of the Gentian

Distrustful of the Gentian

20

Distrustful of the Gentian-
And just to turn away,
The fluttering of her fringes
Child my pe…

302
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Don't put up my Thread and Needle

Don't put up my Thread and Needle

617

Don't put up my Thread and NeedleI'll
begin to Sew
When the Birds begin to whistle-

287
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Did we disobey Him?

Did we disobey Him?

267

Did we disobey Him?
Just one time!
Charged us to forget Him-
But we couldn't learn!

261
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Did Our Best Moment last

Did Our Best Moment last

393

Did Our Best Moment last'
Twould supersede the Heaven-
A few-and they by Risk-procure-
So this …

283
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Deprived of other Banquet

Deprived of other Banquet

773

Deprived of other Banquet,
I entertained Myself-
At first-a scant nutrition-
An insufficient …

351
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Denial-is the only fact

Denial-is the only fact

965

Denial-is the only fact
Perceived by the Denied-
Whose Will-a numb significance-
The Day the He…

294
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Defrauded I a Butterfly

Defrauded I a Butterfly

730

Defrauded I a Butterfly-
The lawful Heir-for Thee-

561
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Delight becomes pictorial

Delight becomes pictorial

Delight becomes pictorial
When viewed through pain,--
More fair, because impossible
That any gain.

310
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Death Leaves Us homesick, Who Behind

Death Leaves Us homesick, Who Behind

Death leaves Us homesick, who behind,
Except that it is gone
Are ignorant of its Concern
As if it we…

316
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Death is a Dialogue between

Death is a Dialogue between

976

Death is a Dialogue between
The Spirit and the Dust.
"Dissolve" says Death-The Spirit "Sir

324