by EmilyDickinsonThe SecretXVIThe Lonely House The Lonely House I know some lonely houses off the road
A robber 'd like the look of, —
Wooden barred,
And windows hanging low,
Inviting to
A…
by EmilyDickinsonSummer ShowerThe Sea of SunsetPsalm of the Day Psalm of the Day A something in a summer's day,
As slow her flambeaux burn away,
Which solemnizes me. A something in a…
Dying
The Chariot
XXVI
Two swimmers wrestled on the spar
Until the morning sun,
When one turned smiling to the land.
O God, the other one!
The stray ships passing spied a face
Upon…
The Chariot
Resurgam
XXVIII
She went as quiet as the dew
From a familiar flower.
Not like the dew did she return
At the accustomed hour!
She dropt as softly as a star
From out my…
by EmilyDickinsonIISuccess Success Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag…
by EmilyDickinsonIIChoice Choice Of all the souls that stand create
I have elected one.
When sense from spirit files away,
And subterfuge is done; When that which is and that which was…
Resurgam
XXXI
XXX
Except to heaven, she is nought;
Except for angels, lone;
Except to some wide-wandering bee,
A flower superfluous blown;
Except for winds, provincial;
Except by…
Along the Potomac
Emancipation
XXXIV
The daisy follows soft the sun,
And when his golden walk is done,
Sits shyly at his feet.
He, waking, finds the flower near.
"Wherefore, marauder…
IV
From the Chrysalis
V
On this long storm the rainbow rose,
On this late morn the sun;
The clouds, like listless elephants,
Horizons straggled down.
The birds rose smiling in their…
The Hemlock
XXXI
There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.
Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But…
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