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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Fame is the tine that Scholars leave

Fame is the tine that Scholars leave

866

Fame is the tine that Scholars leave
Upon their Setting Names-
The Iris not of Occident
That di…

281
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Fame is a bee

Fame is a bee

1763

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

355
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Faith

Faith


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

272
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 Eternity-

357
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

Obtrud…

291
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Expectation—is Contentment

Expectation—is Contentment

807

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


Of an Au…

314
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 haunt me so-

258
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 glittering Emb…

254
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-

Mu…

356
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--

What fortitude t…

240
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 thine old Arrow…

265
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 one

307
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 on-

294
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
Between the he…

197
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-
Other Tragedy <…

327
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-
Poured thee, wit…

357
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-
Better Stitche…

292
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 perfidy-
We…

311
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!


Were Himse…

270
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 Sort-are not g…

290
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 Heaven died-

302
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 Loaf-

357
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Delight becomes pictorial

Delight becomes pictorial

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


The m…

316
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Defrauded I a Butterfly

Defrauded I a Butterfly

730

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

570