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Poems by Emily Dickinson

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That after Horror -- that 'twas us

... Our Savior, by a Hair --A second more, had dropped too deep ...

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"Heaven" -- is what I cannot reach!

... There -- Paradise -- is found!Her teasing Purples -- Afternoons -- ...

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Angels, in the early morning

... Stooping -- plucking -- sighing -- flying -- ...

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Baffled for just a day or two

... She beckons, and the woods start -- ...

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Bring me the sunset in a cup,

... Who spun the breadth of blue!Write me how many notes there be ...

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Death sets a Thing significant

... At Rest -- His fingers are --Now -- when I read -- I read not -- ...

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Faith -- is the Pierless Bridge

... It joins -- behind the VeilTo what, could We presume ...

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I measure every Grief I meet

... And only nails the eyes --There's Grief of Want -- and Grief of Cold -- ...

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Pain -- has an Element of Blank --

... A time when it was not --It has no Future -- but itself -- ...

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The Moon was but a Chin of Gold

... Upon the World below --Her Forehead is of Amplest Blonde -- ...

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The only Ghost I ever saw

... And stepped like flakes of snow --His Gait -- was soundless, like the Bird -- ...

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When Roses cease to bloom, Sir,

... When Bumblebees in solemn flight ...

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'Twas just this time, last year, I died.

... To take the Pumpkins in --I wondered which would miss me, least, ...

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A sepal, petal, and a thorn

... A Breeze -- a caper in the trees -- ...

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At Half past Three, a single Bird

... And Place was where the Presence was ...