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Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXVIII ("Experiment to me")
by EmilyDickinsonEnoughMy Country's WardrobeXXVIII Experiment to me Is every one I meet. If it contain a kernel? The figure of a nut Presents upon a tree, Equally plausibly; But meat…Poems by Emily Dickinson: My Country's Wardrobe
by EmilyDickinsonXXVIIIXXXMy Country's Wardrobe My Country's Wardrobe My country need not change her gown, Her triple suit as sweet As when 't was cut at Lexington, And first pronounced "a…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXXI ("Except the heaven")
by EmilyDickinsonXXXXXXIIXXXI Except the heaven had come so near, So seemed to choose my door, The distance would not haunt me so; I had not hoped before. But just to hear the grace…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXXVII ("Talk with prudence")
by EmilyDickinsonSightThe PreacherXXXVII Talk with prudence to a beggar Of 'Potosi' and the mines! Reverently to the hungry Of your viands and your wines! Cautious, hint to any captive…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXXIX ("Good night!")
by EmilyDickinsonThe PreacherXLXXXIX Good night! which put the candle out? A jealous zephyr, not a doubt. Ah! friend, you little knew How long at that celestial wick The angels labored…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XLV ("Undue significance")
by EmilyDickinsonThe ShelterXLVIXLV Undue significance a starving man attaches To food Far off; he sighs, and therefore hopeless, And therefore good. Partaken, it relieves indeed, but…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XLIX ("This merit")
by EmilyDickinsonXLVIIIHungerXLIX This merit hath the worst, — It cannot be again. When Fate hath taunted last And thrown her furthest stone, The maimed may pause and breathe, And glance…Poems by Emily Dickinson: V ("I found the phrase")
by EmilyDickinsonIVHopeV I found the phrase to every thought I ever had, but one; And that defies me, — as a hand Did try to chalk the sun To races nurtured in the dark; — How would your…Poems by Emily Dickinson (First Series): Preface
by EmilyDickinson Transcriber's Note Preface The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called "the Poetry of the Portfolio,"--something produced absolutely…John McCain: Maverick Nature
Engineering the "Straight Talk Express" by Beth Rowen This article was posted on October 15, 1999. McCain is a three-term senator, Vietnam veteran, and straight-talker. "We…