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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: 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: 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 (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…