Emily Dickinson quotes - page 7

Tis not that dieing hurts us so- tis living- hurts us more. (Emily Dickinson)
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. View quote
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I felt a Cleaving in my Mind- As if my Brain had split- I tried to match it- Seam by Seam- But could not make it fit. View quote
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You ask of my companions. Hills, sir, and the sundown, and a dog as large as myself. View quote
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A power of Butterfly must be - The Aptitude to fly Meadows of Majesty concedes And easy Sweeps of Sky. View quote
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I HIDE myself within my flower That wearing on your breast, You, unsuspecting, wear me too - And angels know the rest. I hide myself within my flower, That, fading from your vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me Almost a loneliness. View quote
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I died for Beauty - but was scarce Adjusted in the Tomb, When One who died for Truth, was lain In an adjoining Room -. View quote
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I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense. View quote
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The Heart is the Capital of the Mind- The Mind is a single State- The Heart and the Mind together make A single Continent- One-is the Population- Numerous enough- This ecstatic Nation Seek-it is Yourself. View quote
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Wild Nights – Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile – the winds – To a heart in port – Done with the compass – Done with the chart! Rowing in Eden – Ah, the sea! Might I moor – Tonight – In thee! View quote
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Love - thou art Veiled - A few - behold thee - Smile - and alter - and prattle - and die - Bliss - were an Oddity - without thee - Nicknamed by God - Eternity. (Emily Dickinson)
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. View quote
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She died--this was the way she died; And when her breath was done, Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun. Her little figure at the gate The angels must have spied, Since I could never find her Upon the mortal side. View quote
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in this short life that only lasts ah hour how much-how little-is within our power. View quote
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My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word. View quote
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To see her is a picture- To hear her is a tune- To know her an Intemperance As innocent as June- To know her not-Affliction- To own her for a Friend A warmth as near as if the the Sun Were shining in your Hand. View quote
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A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,- The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies,- Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies. View quote
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Till I loved I never liked enough. View quote
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The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,-- The sweeping up the heart, And putting love away We shall not want to use again Until eternity. View quote
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A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is To meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think. View quote
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I wonder if it hurts to live, And if they have to try, And whether, could they choose between, They would not rather die. (Emily Dickinson)
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm. View quote
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It makes no difference abroad, The seasons fit the same, The mornings blossom into noons, And split their pods of flame. Wild-flowers kindle in the woods, The brooks brag all the day; No blackbird bates his jargoning For passing Calvary. Auto-da-fé and judgment Are nothing to the bee; His separation from his rose To him seems misery. View quote
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I never hear the word "escape” Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation, A flying attitude.I never hear of prisons broad By soldiers battered down, But I tug childish at my bars,- Only to fail again! View quote
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Fate slew him, but he did not drop; She felled-he did not fall- Impaled him on her fiercest stakes- He neutralized them all. She stung him, sapped his firm advance, But, when her worst was done, And he, unmoved, regarded her, Acknowledged him a man. View quote
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