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Poems by Emily Dickinson: Fire

Friends A Man Fire Ashes denote that fire was; Respect the grayest pile For the departed creature's sake That hovered there awhile. Fire exists the first in light, And then…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: A Man

Fire Ventures A Man Fate slew him, but he did not drop; She felled — he did not fall — Impaled him on her fiercest stakes — He neutralized them all. She stung him, sapped his…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Ventures

A Man Griefs Ventures Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. For the one ship that struts the shore Many's the gallant, overwhelmed creature Nodding in navies nevermore.…

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