Emily Dickinson

  Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves –…

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

Like Rain it sounded till it curved And then I new ’twas Wind— It walked as wet as any Wave But swept…

The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants – At Evening, it is not At Morning, in a Truffled Hut It stop opon…

Bee! I’m expecting you!Was saying YesterdayTo Somebody you knowThat you were due— The Frogs got Home last Week—Are settled, and at work—Birds,…

Emily Dickinson A Bird, came down the Walk –He did not know I saw –He bit an Angle Worm in halvesAnd ate…

Emily Dickinson A narrow Fellow in the GrassOccasionally rides –You may have met him? Did you notHis notice instant is – The…

Emily Dickinson Dear March—Come in—How glad I am—I hoped for you before—Put down your Hat—You must have walked—How out of Breath you…

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

Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate Whose table once a Guest but not The second time is set. Whose…

Rearrange a “Wife’s” Affection! When they dislocate my Brain! Amputate my freckled Bosom! Make me bearded like a man! Blush, my spirit,…

The Missing All – prevented Me From missing minor Things. If nothing larger than a World’s Departure from a Hinge – Or…

Fame is a bee. It has a song – It has a sting – Ah, too, it has a wing.

I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! they’d advertise –…

Given in marriage unto thee, Oh, thou celestial host! Bride of the Father and the Son, Bride of the Holy Ghost! Other…

Look back on time with kindly eyes, He doubtless did his best; How softly sinks his trembling sun In human nature’s west!

God is indeed a jealous God – He cannot bear to see That we had rather not with Him But with each…

The Bustle in a House The Morning after Death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon Earth – The Sweeping up the Heart…

Going to him! Happy letter! Tell him – Tell him the page I didn’t write; Tell him I only said the syntax,…

Wild nights – Wild nights! Were I with thee Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile – the winds – To a…

He put the Belt around my life I heard the Buckle snap – And turned away, imperial, My Lifetime folding up –…

My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – In Corners – till a Day The Owner passed – identified – And…

Heart! We will forget him! You and I – tonight! You may forget the warmth he gave – I will forget the…

The Soul selects her own Society – Then – shuts the Door – To her divine Majority – Present no more –…

I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining…

Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple…

I know of people in the Grave Who would be very glad To know the news I know tonight If they the…

I heard a Fly buzz – when I died – The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air…

I took one Draught of Life – I’ll tell you what I paid – Precisely an existence – The market price, they…

There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – Heavenly Hurt, it gives…

Let us play yesterday – I – the Girl at school – You – and Eternity – the Untold Tale – Easing…

Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – and…

Not with a Club, the Heart is broken Nor with a Stone – A Whip so small you could not see it…

After great pain, a formal feeling comes – The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs – The stiff Heart questions was it He,…

Once more, my now bewildered Dove Bestirs her puzzled wings Once more her mistress, on the deep Her troubled question flings –…

My life closed twice before its close – It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me, So…

The Devil – had he fidelity Would be the best friend – Because he has ability – But Devils cannot mend –…

They shut me up in Prose – As when a little Girl They put me in the Closet – Still! Could themselves…