by EmilyDickinsonXIMemorialsXII As by the dead we love to sit,
Become so wondrous dear,
As for the lost we grapple,
Though all the rest are here, — In broken mathematics
We estimate our…
by EmilyDickinsonThe InevitableXVIIA Book A Book There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest…
by EmilyDickinson
Reticence
XXVI
With Flowers
With Flowers
If recollecting were forgetting,
Then I remember not;
And if forgetting, recollecting,
How near I had forgot!
And if to miss were…
by EmilyDickinsonXXVIIFriendsContrast Contrast A door just opened on a street —
I, lost, was passing by —
An instant's width of warmth disclosed,
And wealth, and company. The door as…
by EmilyDickinsonSuperiority to FateForbidden Fruit (I)Hope Hope Hope is a subtle glutton;
He feeds upon the fair;
And yet, inspected closely,
What abstinence is there! His is the…
by EmilyDickinsonFriendsA ManFire Fire Ashes denote that fire was;
Respect the grayest pile
For the departed creature's sake
That hovered there awhile. Fire exists the first in light…
by EmilyDickinsonXXXIVLost FaithDisenchantment Disenchantment It dropped so low in my regard
I heard it hit the ground,
And go to pieces on the stones
At bottom of my mind; Yet…
by EmilyDickinsonAlpine GlowXLIIRemembrance Remembrance Remembrance has a rear and front, —
'T is something like a house;
It has a garret also
For refuse and the mouse, Besides, the…
by EmilyDickinsonXLIVXLVIThe Past The Past The past is such a curious creature,
To look her in the face
A transport may reward us,
Or a disgrace. Unarmed if any meet her,
I charge…
by EmilyDickinsonXLVIIPhilosophyDesire Desire Who never wanted, — maddest joy
Remains to him unknown:
The banquet of abstemiousness
Surpasses that of wine. Within its hope, though…
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