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Poems by Emily Dickinson

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How happy is the little Stone

... That rambles in the Road alone, ...

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I cannot live with You --

... That self -- were Hell to Me --So We must meet apart -- ...

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I like to see it lap the Miles --

... Then chase itself down Hill --And neigh like Boanerges -- ...

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If you were coming in the Fall,

... For fear the numbers fuse --If only Centuries, delayed, ...

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My Life had stood -- a Loaded Gun --

... Had let its pleasure through --And when at Night -- Our good Day done -- ...

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Some keep the Sabbath going to Church

... And an Orchard, for a Dome --Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice -- ...

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Going to Heaven!

... When we are going home --I'm glad I don't believe it ...

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I'll tell you how the Sun rose

... Till when they reached the other side, ...

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Safe in their Alabaster Chambers

... Sleep the meek members of the Resurrection -- ...

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Sleep is supposed to be

... The hosts of witness stand!Morn is supposed to be ...

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The Bustle in a House

... Enacted upon Earth --The Sweeping up the Heart ...

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This World is not Conclusion.

... Faith slips -- and laughs, and rallies -- ...

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To see the Summer Sky

... Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie -- ...

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Water, is taught by thirst.

... Peace -- by its battles told -- ...

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A Bird came down the Walk

... And rowed him softer home --Than Oars divide the Ocean, ...