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Poems by Emily Dickinson: Saturday Afternoon

I Had a Guinea Golden XXI Saturday Afternoon From all the jails the boys and girls Ecstatically leap, — Beloved, only afternoon That prison doesn't keep. They storm the earth…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Lost Thought

XXII Reticence The Lost Thought I felt a clearing in my mind As if my brain had split; I tried to match it, seam by seam, But could not make them fit. The thought behind I…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Lost Faith

Disenchantment Lost Joy Lost Faith To lose one's faith surpasses The loss of an estate, Because estates can be Replenished, — faith cannot. Inherited with life, Belief but…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Lost Joy

Lost Faith XXXVIII Lost Joy I had a daily bliss I half indifferent viewed, Till sudden I perceived it stir, — It grew as I pursued, Till when, around a crag, It wasted from…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Alpine Glow

XXXIX Remembrance Alpine Glow Our lives are Swiss, — So still, so cool, Till, some odd afternoon, The Alps neglect their curtains, And we look farther on. Italy stands the…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Thanksgiving Day

Experience Childish Griefs Thanksgiving Day One day is there of the series Termed Thanksgiving day, Celebrated part at table, Part in memory. Neither patriarch nor pussy, I…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Childish Griefs

Thanksgiving Day Childish Griefs Softened by Time's consummate plush, How sleek the woe appears That threatened childhood's citadel And undermined the years! Bisected now by…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Life's Trades

VII IX Life's Trades It's such a little thing to weep, So short a thing to sigh; And yet by trades the size of these We men and women die! Contents VII IX

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Love's Humility

Consecration Love Love's Humility My worthiness is all my doubt, His merit all my fear, Contrasting which, my qualities Do lowlier appear; Lest I should insufficient prove…