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Poems by Emily Dickinson: IV ("Safe")

by EmilyDickinsonAstra CastraVIV Safe in their alabaster chambers, Untouched by morning and untouched by noon, Sleep the meek members of the resurrection, Rafter of satin, and roof of stone…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: From the Chrysalis

by EmilyDickinsonVSetting SailFrom the Chrysalis From the Chrysalis My cocoon tightens, colors tease, I'm feeling for the air; A dim capacity for wings Degrades the dress I wear. A power…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Setting Sail

by EmilyDickinsonFrom the ChrysalisVIIISetting Sail Setting Sail Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea, — Past the houses, past the headlands, Into deep eternity! Bred as we,…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Railway Train

by EmilyDickinsonXVIThe ShowThe Railway Train The Railway Train I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: XIX ("Delight")

by EmilyDickinsonThe ShowXXXIX Delight becomes pictorial When viewed through pain, — More fair, because impossible That any gain. The mountain at a given distance In amber lies;…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Too Much

by EmilyDickinsonXXIIIShipwreckToo Much Too Much I should have been too glad, I see, Too lifted for the scant degree Of life's penurious round; My little circuit would have shamed This…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Time's Lesson

by EmilyDickinsonDeedRemorseTime's Lesson Time's Lesson Mine enemy is growing old, — I have at last revenge. The palate of the hate departs; If any would avenge, — Let him be quick, the…