Category: Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life.

Emily Dickinson

Had I not seen the Sun

Had I not seen the Sun
I could have borne the shade

Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death–

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Post date May 16, 2012
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Because I could not stop for Death–
He kindly stopped for me

Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers

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Post date May 16, 2012
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Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.

Emily Dickinson

this brief tragedy of flesh is shifted like a sand

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Post date May 16, 2012
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when that which is and that which was -apart – intrinsic standand this brief tragedy of flesh is shifted like a sand