HUNGER - I had been hungry all the years
I had been hungry all the years; / My noon had come, to dine;
Emily Dickinson
210 poems
Have you got a brook in your little heart
Have you got a brook in your little heart, / Where bashful flowers blow,
He put the belt around my life
He put the belt around my life, -- / I heard the buckle snap,
He touched me, so I live to know
He touched me, so I live to know / That such a day, permitted so,
High from the earth I heard a bird
High from the earth I heard a bird; / He trod upon the trees
How dare the robins sing
How dare the robins sing, / When men and women hear
I CAN'T tell you, but you feel it
I CAN'T tell you, but you feel it– / Nor can you tell me,
I HAD A GUINEA GOLDEN - I had a guinea golden
I had a guinea golden; / I lost it in the sand,
I SEE thee better in the dark
I SEE thee better in the dark, / I do not need a light.
I died for beauty, but was scarce
I died for beauty, but was scarce / Adjusted in the tomb,
I felt a funeral in my brain
I felt a funeral in my brain, / And mourners, to and fro,
I know a place where summer strives
I know a place where summer strives / With such a practised frost,
I many times thought peace had come
I many times thought peace had come, / When peace was far away;
I meant to find her when I came
I meant to find her when I came; / Death had the same design;
I read my sentence steadily
I read my sentence steadily, / Reviewed it with my eyes,
I reason, earth is short
I reason, earth is short, / And anguish absolute,
I think just how my shape will rise
I think just how my shape will rise / When I shall be forgiven,
I'm nobody! Who are you?
I'm nobody! Who are you? / Are you nobody, too?
IN SHADOW - I dreaded that first robin so
I dreaded that first robin so, / But he is mastered now,
IN THE GARDEN - A bird came down the walk
A bird came down the walk: / He did not know I saw;