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Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Test

by EmilyDickinsonTriumphantEscapeThe Test The Test I can wade grief, Whole pools of it, — I 'm used to that. But the least push of joy Breaks up my feet, And I tip — drunken. Let no pebble…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Choice

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…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Lovers

by EmilyDickinsonXXIIThe Lovers The Lovers The rose did caper on her cheek, Her bodice rose and fell, Her pretty speech, like drunken men, Did stagger pitiful. Her fingers fumbled at her…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Contract

by EmilyDickinsonIIIThe LetterThe Contract The Contract I gave myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way. The wealth might disappoint,…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Letter

by EmilyDickinsonThe ContractVIThe Letter The Letter "GOING to him! Happy letter! Tell him — Tell him the page I didn't write; Tell him I only said the syntax, And left the verb and the…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: At Home

by EmilyDickinsonVIIPossessionAt Home At Home The night was wide, and furnished scant With but a single star, That often as a cloud it met Blew out itself for fear. The wind pursued the…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Possession

by EmilyDickinsonAt HomeXPossession Possession Did the harebell loose her girdle To the lover bee, Would the bee the harebell hallow Much as formerly? Did the paradise, persuaded, Yield…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Oriole

by EmilyDickinsonThe Oriole's SecretIn ShadowThe Oriole The Oriole One of the ones that Midas touched, Who failed to touch us all, Was that confiding prodigal, The blissful oriole. So…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: In Shadow

by EmilyDickinsonThe OrioleThe Humming-BirdIn Shadow In Shadow I dreaded that first robin so, But he is mastered now, And I 'm accustomed to him grown, — He hurts a little, though. I…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Secrets

by EmilyDickinsonThe Humming-BirdXVIISecrets Secrets The skies can't keep their secret! They tell it to the hills — The hills just tell the orchards — And they the daffodils! A bird, by…