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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

American poet

Anger as soon as fed is dead,
'Tis starving makes it fat.

EMILY DICKINSON, Poems

Fame is a bee.
It has a song--
It has a sting--
Ah, too, it has a wing.

EMILY DICKINSON, Fame is a bee

Some keep the Sabbath going to church;
I keep it staying at home,
With a bobolink for a chorister,
And an orchard for a dome.

EMILY DICKINSON, Some keep the Sabbath going to Church

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise.

EMILY DICKINSON, Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--

Surgeons must be very careful
When they take the knife!
Underneath their fine incisions
Stirs the culprit--life!

EMILY DICKINSON, Surgeons must be very careful

Shame need not crouch
In such an earth as ours
Stand—stand erect;
The universe is yours.

EMILY DICKINSON, Not with a Club, the Heart is broken

We outgrow love like other things
And put it in the drawer,
Till it an antique fashion shows
Like costumes grandsires wore.

EMILY DICKINSON, "We Outgrow Love Like Other Things"

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Hope is the thing with feathers"

Such is the force of Happiness--
The Least can lift a ton
Assisted by its stimulus.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Such is the force of happiness"

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

EMILY DICKINSON, letter to Mrs. J. G. Holland, spring 1878


Emily Dickinson Poems - a collection of her poetry.

Emily Dickinson Poetry - more poems by Dickinson.

Emily Dickinson Bibliography - a bibliography, including list of critical resources.

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