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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Death is a Dialogue between

Death is a Dialogue between

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Death is a Dialogue between
The Spirit and the Dust.
"Dissolve" says Death-The Spirit "Sir
I have anoth…

332
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Death Leaves Us homesick, Who Behind

Death Leaves Us homesick, Who Behind

Death leaves Us homesick, who behind,
Except that it is gone
Are ignorant of its Concern
As if it were not bor…

325
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Could—I do more—for Thee

Could—I do more—for Thee

447

Could—I do more—for Thee—
Wert Thou a Bumble Bee—
Since for the Queen, have I—
Nought but Bouquet?

149
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Crumbling is not an instant's Act

Crumbling is not an instant's Act

997

Crumbling is not an instant's Act
A fundamental pause
Dilapidation's processes
Are organized Deca…

263
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Could I—then—shut the door

Could I—then—shut the door

220

Could I—then—shut the door—
Lest my beseeching face—at last—
Rejected—be—of Her?

240
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Conscious am I in my Chamber

Conscious am I in my Chamber

679

Conscious am I in my Chamber,
Of a shapeless friend-
He doth not attest by Posture-
Nor Confirm-by Word-…

318
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Color—Caste—Denomination

Color—Caste—Denomination


970

Color—Caste—Denomination—
These—are Time's Affair—
Death's diviner Classifying
Does not know they ar…

263
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Come slowly—Eden!

Come slowly—Eden!

Come slowly—Eden!
Lips unused to Thee—
Bashful—sip thy Jessamines—
As the fainting Bee—


Reaching late his flowe…

263
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

By The Sea

By The Sea

I started early, took my dog,
And visited the sea;
The mermaids in the basement
Came out to look at me.


And frigates i…

350
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Civilization-spurns-the Leopard!

Civilization-spurns-the Leopard!

492

Civilization-spurns-the Leopard!
Was the Leopard-bold?
Deserts-never rebuked her SatinEthiop-
her G…

324
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

By my Window have I for Scenery

By my Window have I for Scenery

797

By my Window have I for Scenery
Just a Sea-with a Stem-
If the Bird and the Farmer-deem it a "Pine"-

279
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

By a flower—By a letter

By a flower—By a letter

109

By a flower—By a letter—
By a nimble love—
If I weld the Rivet faster—
Final fast—above—


198
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Bring me the sunset in a cup

Bring me the sunset in a cup

128

Bring me the sunset in a cup,
Reckon the morning's flagons up
And say how many Dew,
Tell me how far th…

346
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Bound-a trouble

Bound-a trouble

269

Bound-a trouble-
And lives can bear it!
Limit-how deep a bleeding go!
So-many-drops-of vital scarlet-
Deal with…

266
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Bless God, he went as soldiers

Bless God, he went as soldiers

147

Bless God, he went as soldiers,
His musket on his breast-
Grant God, he charge the bravest
Of all the…

258
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Bird

Bird


A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw;
He bit an angle-worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.


And then he …

381
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Best Gains—must have the Losses' Test

Best Gains—must have the Losses' Test

684

Best Gains—must have the Losses' Test—
To constitute them—Gains—

265
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Better—than Music! For I—who heard it

Better—than Music! For I—who heard it

503

Better—than Music! For I—who heard it—
I was used—to the Birds—before—
This—was different—'Twas Tra…

279
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Besides the Autumn poets sing

Besides the Autumn poets sing

131

Besides the Autumn poets sing
A few prosaic days
A little this side of the snow
And that side of the …

360
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Bereaved of all, I went abroad

Bereaved of all, I went abroad

784

Bereaved of all, I went abroad-
No less bereaved was I
Upon a New Peninsula-
The Grave preceded me-

350
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Before you thought of spring,

Before you thought of spring,

Before you thought of spring,
Except as a surmise,
You see, God bless his suddenness,
A fellow in the skies
Of …

274
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Before I got my eye put out

Before I got my eye put out

327

Before I got my eye put out
I liked as well to see-
As other Creatures, that have Eyes
And know no other…

385
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Because the Bee may blameless hum

Because the Bee may blameless hum

869

Because the Bee may blameless hum
For Thee a Bee do I become
List even unto Me.

Because the…

241
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Bee! I'm expecting you!

Bee! I'm expecting you!

1035

Bee! I'm expecting you!
Was saying Yesterday
To Somebody you know
That you were due-

The Frogs …

311