Emily Dickinson

210 poems

DEAD

There's something quieter than sleep / Within this inner room!

Emily Dickinson

DEED - A deed knocks first at thought

A deed knocks first at thought, / And then it knocks at will.

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DESIRE - Who never wanted, -- maddest joy

Who never wanted, -- maddest joy / Remains to him unknown:

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DISENCHANTMENT - It dropped so low in my regard

It dropped so low in my regard / I heard it hit the ground,

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DYING

The sun kept setting, setting still; / No hue of afternoon

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Death is a dialogue between

Death is a dialogue between / The spirit and the dust.

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EMANCIPATION

No rack can torture me, / My soul's at liberty

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ENOUGH - God gave a loaf to every bird

God gave a loaf to every bird, / But just a crumb to me;

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EXCLUSION - The soul selects her own society

The soul selects her own society, / Then shuts the door;

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EXHILARATION is the Breeze

EXHILARATION is the Breeze / That lifts us from the ground,

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FAREWELL

FAREWELL. / Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,

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FOR Death,–or rather

FOR Death,–or rather / For the things 'twill buy,

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FORGOTTEN - There is a word

There is a word / Which bears a sword

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GHOSTS

One need not be a chamber to be haunted, / One need not be a house;

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GONE

Went up a year this evening! / I recollect it well!

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GRIEFS - I measure every grief I meet

I measure every grief I meet / With analytic eyes;

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Going to heaven

Going to heaven! / I don't know when,

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HER "Last Poems"

HER Last Poems– / Poets ended,

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HOPE - Hope is a subtle glutton

Hope is a subtle glutton; / He feeds upon the fair;

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HOPE - Hope is the thing with feathers

Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul,

Emily Dickinson