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EMILY DICKINSON QUOTES II

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Bring me the sunset in a cup"

Love — thou art deep —
I cannot cross thee —
But, were there Two
Instead of One —
Rower and Yacht — some sov'reign Summer —
Who knows — but we'd reach the Sun?

EMILY DICKINSON, "Love thou art high"

The distance that the dead have gone
Does not at first appear;
Their coming back seems possible
For many an ardent year.
And then, that we have followed them
We more than half suspect,
So intimate have we become
With their dear retrospect.

EMILY DICKINSON, "The distance that the dead have gone"

Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.

EMILY DICKINSON, letter to Louisa and Frances Norcross, Apr. 1873

Forever is composed of Nows—
'Tis not a different time—
Except for Infiniteness—
And Latitude of Home—

EMILY DICKINSON, "Forever is composed of Nows"

Upon his saddle sprung a bird
And crossed a thousand trees
Before a fence without a fare
His fantasy did please
And then he lifted up his throat
And squandered such a note
A Universe that overheard
Is stricken by it yet—

EMILY DICKINSON, "Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird"

Who has not found the heaven below
Will fail of it above.
God's residence is next to mine,
His furniture is love.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Who has not found the heaven below"

[Dogs] are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

EMILY DICKINSON, letter to T. W. Higginson, Apr. 26, 1862

Some days retired from the rest
In soft distinction lie,
The Day that a companion came—
Or was obliged to die.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Some Days retired from the rest"

If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

EMILY DICKINSON, "If I can stop one Heart from breaking"

Even the possible has its insoluble particle.

EMILY DICKINSON, letter to T. W. Higginson, Aug. 1870

The sweets of pillage can be known
To no one but the thief,
Compassion for integrity
Is his divinest grief.

EMILY DICKINSON, "The sweets of pillage can be known"

One need not be a chamber to be haunted.

EMILY DICKINSON, "One need not be a Chamber to be Haunted"

While I was fearing it, it came,
But came with less of fear,
Because that fearing it so long
Had almost made it dear.

EMILY DICKINSON, "The Inevitable"

Like men and women shadows walk
Upon the hills today,
With here and there a mighty bow,
Or trailing courtesy
To neighbors, doubtless, of their own;
Not quickened to perceive
Minuter landscapes, as ourselves,
And Boroughs where we live.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Like Men and Women shadows walk"

IMMORTAL is an ample word
When what we need is by,
But when it leaves us for a time,
'Tis a necessity.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Immortal is an ample word"

Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it.

EMILY DICKINSON, letter to T. W. Higginson, 1870

How still the bells in steeples stand,
Till, swollen with the sky,
They leap upon their silver feet
In frantic melody!

EMILY DICKINSON, "How still the bells in steeples stand"

A shady friend for torrid days
Is easier to find
Than one of higher temperature
For frigid hour of mind.

EMILY DICKINSON, "A shady friend for torrid days"

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires a sorest need.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Success is counted sweetest"

No rack can torture me,
My soul's at liberty.
Behind this mortal bone
There knits a bolder one.

EMILY DICKINSON, "No Rack can torture me"

Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.

EMILY DICKINSON, "Because I could not stop for Death"

The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.

EMILY DICKINSON, "The Pedigree of Honey"

His Labor is a Chant --
His Idleness a Tune --
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of Noon!

EMILY DICKINSON, "His Feet are shod with Gauze"

A death-blow is a life-blow to some
Who, till they died, did not alive become;
Who, had they lived, had died, but when
They died, vitality begun.

EMILY DICKINSON, "A Death blow is a Life blow to Some"


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