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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Soil of Flint, if steady tilled

Soil of Flint, if steady tilled

681

Soil of Flint, if steady tilled-
Will refund by Hand-
Seed of Palm, by Libyan Sun
Fruct…

322
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!

Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!

64

Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!
Some Vision of the World Cashmere—
I confidently see!

247
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

So proud she was to die

So proud she was to die

So proud she was to die
It made us all ashamed
That what we cherished, so unknown
To her desire seemed.
<…

495
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

So the Eyes accost—and sunder

So the Eyes accost—and sunder

752

So the Eyes accost—and sunder
In an Audience—
Stamped—occasionally—forever—
So may Coun…

197
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

So from the mould

So from the mould

66

So from the mould
Scarlet and Gold
Many a Bulb will rise-
Hidden away, cunningly, From sagacious eyes…

394
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

So has a Daisy vanished

So has a Daisy vanished

28

So has a Daisy vanished
From the fields today-
So tiptoed many a slipper
To Paradise away-

338
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Snow flakes

Snow flakes

36

Snow flakes.

I counted till they danced so
Their slippers leaped the town,
And then I took a penci…

259
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Smiling back from Coronation

Smiling back from Coronation

385

Smiling back from Coronation
May be Luxury-
On the Heads that started with usBeing's
Peas…

212
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Size circumscribes—it has no room

Size circumscribes—it has no room

641

Size circumscribes—it has no room
For petty furniture—
The Giant tolerates no Gnat

216
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Should you but fail at—Sea

Should you but fail at—Sea

226

Should you but fail at—Sea—
In sight of me—
Or doomed lie—
Next Sun—to die—
Or rap…

215
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She sweeps with many-colored brooms,

She sweeps with many-colored brooms,

She sweeps with many-colored brooms,
And leaves the shreds behind;
Oh, housewife in the evening west,

370
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Shells from the Coast mistaking

Shells from the Coast mistaking

693

Shells from the Coast mistaking-
I cherished them for All-
Happening in After Ages
To e…

175
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She rose to His Requirement

She rose to His Requirement

732

She rose to His Requirement-dropt
The Playthings of Her Life
To take the honorable Work
O…

805
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She sped as Petals of a Rose

She sped as Petals of a Rose

991

She sped as Petals of a Rose
Offended by the Wind-
A frail Aristocrat of Time
Indemnity t…

242
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She hideth Her the last

She hideth Her the last

557

She hideth Her the last-
And is the first, to rise-
Her Night doth hardly recompense
The Closin…

272
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She died—this was the way she died

She died—this was the way she died

150

She died—this was the way she died.
And when her breath was done
Took up her simple wardro…

255
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

She dealt her pretty words like Blades

She dealt her pretty words like Blades

479

She dealt her pretty words like Blades-
How glittering they shone-
And every One unbared…

270
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Sexton! My Master's sleeping here

Sexton! My Master's sleeping here

96

Sexton! My Master's sleeping here.
Pray lead me to his bed!
I came to build the Bird's nest,…

280
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Robbed by Death—but that was easy

Robbed by Death—but that was easy

971

Robbed by Death—but that was easy—
To the failing Eye
I could hold the latest Glowing—

151
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Savior! I've no one else to tell

Savior! I've no one else to tell

217

Savior! I've no one else to tell-
And so I trouble thee.
I am the one forgot thee so-

255
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Renunciation

Renunciation


Renunciation -- is a piercing Virtue --
The letting go
A Presence -- for an Expectation --
Not now --
The putti…

296
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Reverse cannot befall

Reverse cannot befall

395

Reverse cannot befall
That fine Prosperity
Whose Sources are interior-
As soon-Adversity

271
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Read—Sweet—how others—strove

Read—Sweet—how others—strove

260

Read—Sweet—how others—strove—
Till we—are stouter—
What they—renounced—
Till we—are less…

251
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Remorse

Remorse


Remorse -- is Memory -- awake --
Her Parties all astir --
A Presence of Departed Acts --
At window -- and at Door --

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