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Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë

Come, Walk With Me

Come, Walk With Me

Come, walk with me,
There's only thee
To bless my spirit now -
We used to love on winter nights
To wander through the snow;…

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Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë

At Castle Wood

At Castle Wood

The day is done, the winter sun
Is setting in its sullen sky;
And drear the course that has been run,
And dim the hearts that slowly…

231
Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë

A Little Budding Rose

A Little Budding Rose

It was a little budding rose,
Round like a fairy globe,
And shyly did its leaves unclose
Hid in their mossy robe,
But s…

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Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë

Ah! Why, Because the Dazzling Sun

Ah! Why, Because the Dazzling Sun

Ah! why, because the dazzling sun
Restored my earth to joy
Have you departed, every one,
And left a desert sky? <…

234
Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë

A Day Dream

A Day Dream

On a sunny brae, alone I lay
One summer afternoon;
It was the marriage-time of May
With her young lover, June.


From h…

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Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë

Me thinks this heart...

"Me thinks this heart..."

Me thinks this heart should rest awhile
So stilly round the evening falls
The veiled sun sheds no parting smile
Nor mirth…

242
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

You're right—

You're right—

234

You're right—"the way is narrow"—
And "difficult the Gate"—
And "few there be"—Correct again—
That "enter in—thereat"…

359
Emily Jane Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë

My hour of rest had fleeted by,

My hour of rest had fleeted by,
And back came labour, bondage, care.

171
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon

You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon

420

You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon—
By Glory—
As you do the Sun—
By Glory—
As you will…

221
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

You'll find—it when you try to die

You'll find—it when you try to die

610

You'll find—it when you try to die—
The Easier to let go—
For recollecting such as went—
You cou…

299
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

You love the Lord—you cannot see

You love the Lord—you cannot see

487

You love the Lord—you cannot see—
You write Him—every day—
A little note—when you awake—
And furth…

254
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

You see I cannot see—your lifetime

You see I cannot see—your lifetime

253

You see I cannot see—your lifetime—
I must guess—
How many times it ache for me—today—Confess—
H…

222
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

You constituted Time

You constituted Time

765

You constituted Time-
I deemed Eternity
A Revelation of Yourself'
Twas therefore Deity

The Absolute-…

364
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

You left me-Sire-two Legacies

You left me-Sire-two Legacies

644

You left me-Sire-two Legacies-
A Legacy of Love
A Heavenly Father would suffice
Had He the offer of-

265
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Wolfe demanded during dying

Wolfe demanded during dying

678

Wolfe demanded during dying
"Which obtain the Day"?
"General, the British"-"Easy"
Answered Wolfe "to di…

326
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Would you like summer? Taste of ours

Would you like summer? Taste of ours

691

Would you like summer? Taste of ours.
Spices? Buy here!
Ill! We have berries, for the parching!

202
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

With thee, in the Desert

With thee, in the Desert

209

With thee, in the Desert-
With thee in the thirst-
With thee in the Tamarind wood-
Leopard breathes-at last!

353
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Within my reach!

Within my reach!

90

Within my reach!
I could have touched!
I might have chanced that way!
Soft sauntered thro' the village-
Saunte…

412
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Wild Nights-Wild Nights!

Wild Nights-Wild Nights!

249

Wild Nights-Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!


Futile-the W…

258
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Why-do they shut Me out of Heaven?

Why-do they shut Me out of Heaven?

248

Why-do they shut Me out of Heaven?
Did I sing-too loud?
But-I can say a little "Minor"
Timid as …

252
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Whose are the little beds, I asked

Whose are the little beds, I asked

142

Whose are the little beds, I asked
Which in the valleys lie?
Some shook their heads, and others smiled…

393
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Why do I love You, Sir?

Why do I love You, Sir?

"Why do I love" You, Sir?
Because—
The Wind does not require the Grass
To answer—Wherefore when He pass
She cannot ke…

373
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Who Court obtain within Himself

Who Court obtain within Himself

803

Who Court obtain within Himself
Sees every Man a King-
And Poverty of Monarchy
Is an interior thing-…

217
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Who never lost, are unprepared

Who never lost, are unprepared

73

Who never lost, are unprepared
A Coronet to find!
Who never thirsted
Flagons, and Cooling Tamarind! <…

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