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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Banish Air from Air

Banish Air from Air


854

Banish Air from Air-
Divide Light if you dareThey'll
meet
While Cubes in a Drop
Or Pellets of Shape <…

449
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Beauty-be not caused-It Is

Beauty-be not caused-It Is

516

Beauty-be not caused-It Is-
Chase it, and it ceases-
Chase it not, and it abides-

Overtake the Crease…

309
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Autumn-overlooked my Knitting

Autumn-overlooked my Knitting

748

Autumn-overlooked my KnittingDyes-
said He-have I-
Could disparage a Flamingo-
Show Me them-said I

389
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Away from Home are some and I—

Away from Home are some and I—

821

Away from Home are some and I—
An Emigrant to be
In a Metropolis of Homes
Is easy, possibly—
<…

200
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

At last, to be identified!

At last, to be identified!

174

At last, to be identified!
At last, the lamps upon thy side
The rest of Life to see!


Past Mi…

254
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

As the Starved Maelstrom laps the Navies

As the Starved Maelstrom laps the Navies

872

As the Starved Maelstrom laps the Navies
As the Vulture teased
Forces the Broods in lonely Valle…

269
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

As plan for Noon and plan for Night

As plan for Noon and plan for Night

960

As plan for Noon and plan for Night
So differ Life and Death
In positive Prospective-
The Foot u…

209
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

As imperceptibly as Grief

As imperceptibly as Grief

1540

As imperceptibly as Grief
The Summer lapsed away-
Too imperceptible at last
To seem like Perfidy-
A …

265
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

As if some little Arctic flower

As if some little Arctic flower

180

As if some little Arctic flower
Upon the polar hem-
Went wandering down the Latitudes
Until it puzzl…

265
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

As Frost is best conceived

As Frost is best conceived

951

As Frost is best conceived
By force of its Result-
Affliction is inferred
By subsequent effect-

282
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

As Everywhere of Silver

As Everywhere of Silver

884

As Everywhere of Silver
With Ropes of Sand
To keep it from effacing
The Track called Land.

263
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

As by the dead we love to sit

As by the dead we love to sit

88

As by the dead we love to sit,
Become so wondrous dear-
As for the lost we grapple
Tho' all the rest ar…

408
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Arcturus

Arcturus


"Arcturus" is his other name—
I'd rather call him "Star."
It's very mean of Science
To go and interfere!


I slew a …

560
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Apology for Her

Apology for Her

852

Apology for Her
Be rendered by the Bee-
Herself, without a Parliament
Apology for Me.

335
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

An ignorance a Sunset

An ignorance a Sunset

552

An ignorance a Sunset
Confer upon the Eye-
Of Territory-ColorCircumference-
Decay-

Its Amber Revelat…

271
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Angels, in the early morning

Angels, in the early morning

94

Angels, in the early morning
May be seen the Dews among,
Stooping-plucking-smiling-flying-
Do the Buds t…

271
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

An awful Tempest mashed the air

An awful Tempest mashed the air

198

An awful Tempest mashed the air-
The clouds were gaunt, and few-
A Black-as of a Spectre's Cloak
Hid …

295
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

An everywhere of silver

An everywhere of silver

An everywhere of silver,
With ropes of sand
To keep it from effacing
The track called land.

317
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Ample make this bed.

Ample make this bed.

Ample make this bed.
Make this bed with awe;
In it wait till judgment break
Excellent and fair.


Be its mattr…

386
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Always Mine!

Always Mine!

839

Always Mine!
No more Vacation!
Term of Light this Day begun!
Failless as the fair rotation
Of the Seasons and th…

425
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

Alter! When the Hills do

Alter! When the Hills do

729

Alter! When the Hills do-
Falter! When the Sun
Question if His Glory
Be the Perfect One-

Surfeit…

259
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

All these my banners be

All these my banners be

22

All these my banners be.
I sow my pageantry
In May-
It rises train by train-
Then sleeps in state again-…

357
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

All overgrown by cunning moss

All overgrown by cunning moss

148

All overgrown by cunning moss,
All interspersed with weed,
The little cage of "Currer Bell"
In quiet …

277
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

All forgot for recollecting

All forgot for recollecting

966

All forgot for recollecting
Just a paltry One-
All forsook, for just a Stranger's
New Accompanying-

378