Category Emily Dickinson

I thought the Train would never come – How slow the whistle sang – I don’t believe a peevish Bird So whimpered for the Spring – I taught my Heart a hundred times Precisely what to say – Provoking Lover,…

I thought that nature was enough Till Human nature came But that the other did absorb As Parallax a Flame – Of Human nature just aware There added the Divine Brief struggle for capacity The power to contain Is always…

I think that the Root of the Wind is Water – It would not sound so deep Were it a Firmamental Product – Airs no Oceans keep – Mediterranean intonations – To a Current’s Ear – There is a maritime…

I suppose the time will come Aid it in the coming When the Bird will crowd the Tree And the Bee be booming – I suppose the time will come Hinder it a little When the Corn in Silk will…

I sued the News – yet feared — the News That such a Realm could be – “The House not made with Hands” it was – Thrown open wide – to me –

I should not dare to be so sad So many Years again – A Load is first impossible When we have put it down – The Superhuman then withdraws And we who never saw The Giant at the other side…

I shall not murmur if at last The ones I loved below Permission have to understand For what I shunned them so – Divulging it would rest my Heart But it would ravage theirs – Why, Katie, Treason has a…

I send you a decrepit flower That nature sent to me At parting – she was going south And I designed to stay – Her motive for the souvenir If sentiment for me Or circumstances prudential Witheld invincibly –

I see thee clearer for the Grave That took thy face between No mirror could illumine thee Like that impassive stone – I know thee better for the act That made thee first unknown The stature of the empty nest…

I saw the wind within her – I knew it blew for me – But she must buy my shelter I asked Humility I watched the fluttering spirit That would not intercede Gibraltar could surrender But not this little maid…