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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A Lady red-amid the Hill

A Lady red-amid the Hill

74

A Lady red-amid the Hill
Her annual secret keeps!
A Lady white, within the Field
In placid Li…

359
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A happy lip-breaks sudden

A happy lip-breaks sudden

353

A happy lip-breaks sudden-
It doesn't state you how
It contemplated-smiling-
Just consummated…

300
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A Dying Tiger-moaned for Drink

A Dying Tiger-moaned for Drink

566

A Dying Tiger-moaned for Drink-
I hunted all the Sand-
I caught the Dripping of a Rock
A…

366
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A first Mute Coming

A first Mute Coming

702

A first Mute Coming-
In the Stranger's House-
A first fair Going-
When the Bells rejoice-

368
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A doubt if it be Us

A doubt if it be Us

859

A doubt if it be Us
Assists the staggering Mind
In an extremer Anguish
Until it footing find.

300
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A Death blow is a Life blow to Some

A Death blow is a Life blow to Some

816

A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
Who till they died, did not alive become-
Who had they…

382
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A darting fear-a pomp-a tear

A darting fear-a pomp-a tear

87

A darting fear-a pomp-a tear-
A waking on a morn
To find that what one waked for,
Inhales …

437
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A Cloud withdrew from the Sky

A Cloud withdrew from the Sky

895

A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
Superior Glory be
But that Cloud and its Auxiliaries
Are …

408
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A Book

A Book

There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may …

315
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

A Charm invests a face

A Charm invests a face

421

A Charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld-
The Lady date not lift her Veil
For fear it be dispe…

424
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Morning-means Milking-to the Farmer

"Morning"-means "Milking"-to the Farmer

300

"Morning"-means "Milking"-to the FarmerDawn-
to the TeneriffeDice-
to the Maid-

248
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Why do I love You, Sir?

"Why do I love" You, Sir?

480

"Why do I love" You, Sir?
Because-
The Wind does not require the Grass
To answer-Wherefore w…

341
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Houses so the Wise Men tell me

"Houses"-so the Wise Men tell me

127

"Houses"-so the Wise Men tell me"
Mansions"! Mansions must be warm!
Mansions cannot let the tears in,

270
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Heaven-is what I cannot reach!

"Heaven"-is what I cannot reach!

239

"Heaven"-is what I cannot reach!
The Apple on the Tree-
Provided it do hopeless-hangThat-"

317
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Faith is a fine invention

"Faith" is a fine invention

185

"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see-
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emer…

364
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Arcturus is his other name

"Arcturus" is his other name

70

"Arcturus" is his other nameI'd
rather call him "Star."
It's very mean of Science
To go a…

434
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell

You never can tell when you send a word,
Like an arrow shot from a bow
By an archer blind, be it cruel or kind,
Just w…

350
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Worthy The Name of Sir Knight

Worthy The Name of Sir Knight

I

Sir Knight of the world's oldest order,
Sir Knight of the Army of God,
You have crossed the stran…

437
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Words From The Wind

Words From The Wind

I called to the wind of the Winter,
As he sped like a steed on his way,
'Oh! rest for awhile on thy journey,
And answ…

418
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Worldly Wisdom

Worldly Wisdom

If it were in my dead Past’s power
To let my Present bask

In some lost pleasure for an hour,
This is the boon I’d …

412
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Woman To Man

Woman To Man

You do but jest, sir, and you jest not well,
How could the hand be enemy of the arm,
Or seed and sod be rivals! How could light

349
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Woman

Woman


Give us that grand word ‘woman’ once again,
And let’s have done with ‘lady’: one’s a term
Full of fine force, strong, beautiful, an…

444
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Wishing

Wishing


Do you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what to do:
Set a watch for your actions,
Keep them always straight an…

487
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Will

Will


There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
Gifts co…

498