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Poems by Emily Dickinson: I died for beauty

IX "Troubled About Many Things" X   I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed? "…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Lonely House

by EmilyDickinsonThe SecretXVIThe Lonely House The Lonely House I know some lonely houses off the road A robber 'd like the look of, — Wooden barred, And windows hanging low, Inviting to A…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Book of Martyrs

by EmilyDickinsonDawnThe Mystery of PainThe Book of Martyrs The Book of Martyrs Read, sweet, how others strove, Till we are stouter; What they renounced, Till we are less afraid; How many…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Mystery of Pain

by EmilyDickinsonThe Book of MartyrsXXThe Mystery of Pain The Mystery of Pain Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXV ("Belshazzar")

by EmilyDickinson XXIV XXVI XXV Belshazzar had a letter, — He never had but one; Belshazzar's correspondent Concluded and begun In that immortal copy The conscience of us all Can read without…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Rouge Gagne

by EmilyDickinsonRouge et NoirVRouge Gagne Rouge Gagne 'T is so much joy! 'T is so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Love's Baptism

by EmilyDickinsonRenunciationResurrectionLove's Baptism Love's Baptism I'm ceded, I've stopped being theirs; The name they dropped upon my face With water, in the country church, Is…