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Poems by Emily Dickinson: A Service of Song
by EmilyDickinsonVVIIA Service of Song A Service of Song Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And an orchard for a dome.…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Summer's Armies
by EmilyDickinsonVIIThe GrassSummer's Armies Summer's Armies Some rainbow coming from the fair! Some vision of the world Cashmere I confidently see! Or else a peacock's purple train,…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Too Late
by EmilyDickinsonIAstra CastraToo Late Too Late Delayed till she had ceased to know, Delayed till in its vest of snow Her loving bosom lay. An hour behind the fleeting breath, Later by…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The First Lesson
by EmilyDickinsonXXXXIIThe First Lesson The First Lesson Not in this world to see his face Sounds long, until I read the place Where this is said to be But just the primer to a life…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXIV ("Afraid?")
by EmilyDickinsonXXIIIDyingXXIV Afraid? Of whom am I afraid? Not death; for who is he? The porter of my father's lodge As much abasheth me. Of life? 'T were odd I fear a thing That…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Astra Castra
by EmilyDickinsonToo LateIVAstra Castra Astra Castra Departed to the judgment, A mighty afternoon; Great clouds like ushers leaning, Creation looking on. The flesh surrendered, cancelled…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Along the Potomac
by EmilyDickinsonXXXIIXXXIVAlong the Potomac Along the Potomac When I was small, a woman died. To-day her only boy Went up from the Potomac, His face all victory, To look at her; how…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,…