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Poems by Emily Dickinson: Griefs

Ventures XXXIV Griefs I measure every grief I meet With analytic eyes; I wonder if it weighs like mine, Or has an easier size. I wonder if they bore it long, Or did it just…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Disenchantment

XXXIV Lost Faith 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 blamed the fate that…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Remembrance

Alpine Glow XLII 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 deepest cellar…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Brain

XLII XLIV The Brain The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and you beside. The brain is deeper than the sea,…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Past

XLIV XLVI 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 him, fly! Her…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Desire

XLVII Philosophy Desire Who never wanted, — maddest joy Remains to him unknown: The banquet of abstemiousness Surpasses that of wine. Within its hope, though yet ungrasped…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Philosophy

Desire Power Philosophy It might be easier To fail with land in sight, Than gain my blue peninsula To perish of delight. Contents Desire Power

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Power

Philosophy LI Power You cannot put a fire out; A thing that can ignite Can go, itself, without a fan Upon the slowest night. You cannot fold a flood And put it in a drawer…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Experience

LII Thanksgiving Day Experience I stepped from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea. I knew not but the next Would be…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: A Word

Forbidden Fruit (II) VII A Word A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. Contents Forbidden Fruit (II) VII