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Compressed lyric poems of death, faith, nature, consciousness, and astonishment.

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Poems of Emily Dickinson

Poems of Emily Dickinson gathers public-domain poems by one of America’s most original lyric voices, whose condensed forms explore death, faith, perception, nature, and inner life.

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Poems

Emily Dickinson

This is my letter to the world,

That never wrote to me, --

The simple news that Nature told,

With tender majesty.

Her message is committed

To hands I cannot see;

For love of her, sweet countrymen,

Judge tenderly of me!

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I. LIFE.

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Success is counted sweetest

By those who ne'er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar

Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple host

Who took the flag to-day

Can tell the definition,

So clear, of victory,

As he, defeated, dying,

On whose forbidden ear

The distant strains of triumph

Break, agonized and clear!

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02I. LIFE.
  3. 03I. SUCCESS.
  4. 04II.
  5. 05III. ROUGE ET NOIR.
  6. 06IV. ROUGE GAGNE.
  7. 07V.
  8. 08VI.
  9. 09VII. ALMOST!
  10. 10VIII.
  11. 11IX.
  12. 12X. IN A LIBRARY.
  13. 13XI.
  14. 14XII.
  15. 15XIII. EXCLUSION.
  16. 16XIV. THE SECRET.
  17. 17XV. THE LONELY HOUSE.
  18. 18XVI.
  19. 19XVII. DAWN.
  20. 20XVIII. THE BOOK OF MARTYRS.
  21. 21XIX. THE MYSTERY OF PAIN.
  22. 22XX.
  23. 23XXI. A BOOK.
  24. 24XXII.
  25. 25XXIII. UNRETURNING.
  26. 26XXIV.
  27. 27XXV.
  28. 28XXVI.
  29. 29II. LOVE.
  30. 30I. MINE.
  31. 31II. BEQUEST.
  32. 32III.
  33. 33IV. SUSPENSE.
  34. 34V. SURRENDER.
  35. 35VI.
  36. 36VII. WITH A FLOWER.
  37. 37VIII. PROOF.
  38. 38IX.
  39. 39X. TRANSPLANTED.
  40. 40XI. THE OUTLET.
  41. 41XII. IN VAIN.
  42. 42XIII. RENUNCIATION.
  43. 43XIV. LOVE'S BAPTISM.
  44. 44XV. RESURRECTION.
  45. 45XVI. APOCALYPSE.
  46. 46XVII. THE WIFE.
  47. 47XVIII. APOTHEOSIS.
  48. 48III. NATURE.
  49. 49I.
  50. 50II. MAY-FLOWER.
  51. 51III. WHY?
  52. 52IV.
  53. 53V.
  54. 54VI. A SERVICE OF SONG.
  55. 55VII.
  56. 56VIII. SUMMER'S ARMIES.
  57. 57IX. THE GRASS.
  58. 58X.
  59. 59XI. SUMMER SHOWER.
  60. 60XII. PSALM OF THE DAY.
  61. 61XIII. THE SEA OF SUNSET.
  62. 62XIV. PURPLE CLOVER.
  63. 63XV. THE BEE.
  64. 64XVI.
  65. 65XVII.
  66. 66XVIII.
  67. 67XIX.
  68. 68XX. TWO WORLDS.
  69. 69XXI. THE MOUNTAIN.
  70. 70XXII. A DAY.
  71. 71XXIII.
  72. 72XXIV. THE WIND.
  73. 73XXV. DEATH AND LIFE.
  74. 74XXVI.
  75. 75XXVII. INDIAN SUMMER.
  76. 76XXVIII. AUTUMN.
  77. 77XXIX. BECLOUDED.
  78. 78XXX. THE HEMLOCK.
  79. 79XXXI.
  80. 80IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
  81. 81I.
  82. 82II. TOO LATE.
  83. 83III. ASTRA CASTRA.
  84. 84IV.
  85. 85V.
  86. 86VI. FROM THE CHRYSALIS.
  87. 87VII. SETTING SAIL.
  88. 88VIII.
  89. 89IX.
  90. 90X.
  91. 91XI. "TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS."
  92. 92XII. REAL.
  93. 93XIII. THE FUNERAL.
  94. 94XIV.
  95. 95XV.
  96. 96XVI. REFUGE.
  97. 97XVII.
  98. 98XVIII. PLAYMATES.
  99. 99XIX.
  100. 100XX.
  101. 101XXI. THE FIRST LESSON.
  102. 102XXII.
  103. 103XXIII.
  104. 104XXIV.
  105. 105XXV. DYING.
  106. 106XXVI.
  107. 107XXVII. THE CHARIOT.
  108. 108XXVIII.
  109. 109XXIX. RESURGAM.
  110. 110XXX.
  111. 111XXXI.
  112. 112XXXII.
  113. 113XXXIII. ALONG THE POTOMAC.
  114. 114XXXIV.
  115. 115XXXV. EMANCIPATION.
  116. 116XXXVI. LOST.
  117. 117XXXVII.
  118. 118XXXVIII.
  119. 119XXXIX.
  120. 120XL.
  121. 121POEMS
  122. 122PREFACE
  123. 123HELEN JACKSON.
  124. 124MABEL LOOMIS TODD.
  125. 125I. LIFE.
  126. 126I.
  127. 127II.
  128. 128III.
  129. 129IV.
  130. 130V.
  131. 131VI. HOPE.
  132. 132VII. THE WHITE HEAT.
  133. 133VIII. TRIUMPHANT.
  134. 134IX. THE TEST.
  135. 135X. ESCAPE.
  136. 136XI. COMPENSATION.
  137. 137XII. THE MARTYRS.
  138. 138XIII. A PRAYER.
  139. 139XIV.
  140. 140XV.
  141. 141XVI.
  142. 142XVII. THE RAILWAY TRAIN.
  143. 143XVIII. THE SHOW.
  144. 144XIX.
  145. 145XX.
  146. 146XXI.
  147. 147XXII. THE RETURN.
  148. 148XXIII.
  149. 149XXIV. TOO MUCH.
  150. 150XXV. SHIPWRECK.
  151. 151XXVI.
  152. 152XXVII. ENOUGH.
  153. 153XXVIII.
  154. 154XXIX. MY COUNTRY'S WARDROBE.
  155. 155XXX.
  156. 156XXXI.
  157. 157XXXII.
  158. 158XXXIII. THE DUEL.
  159. 159XXXIV.
  160. 160XXXV. THE GOAL.
  161. 161XXXVI. SIGHT.
  162. 162XXXVII.
  163. 163XXXVIII. THE PREACHER.
  164. 164XXXIX.
  165. 165XL.
  166. 166XLI. DEED.
  167. 167XLII. TIME'S LESSON.
  168. 168XLIII. REMORSE.
  169. 169XLIV. THE SHELTER.
  170. 170XLV.
  171. 171XLVI.
  172. 172XLVII.
  173. 173XLVIII.
  174. 174XLIX.
  175. 175L. HUNGER.
  176. 176LI.
  177. 177LII.
  178. 178LIII. RETURNING.
  179. 179LIV. PRAYER.
  180. 180LV.
  181. 181LVI. MELODIES UNHEARD.
  182. 182LVII. CALLED BACK.
  183. 183II. LOVE.
  184. 184I. CHOICE.
  185. 185II.
  186. 186III.
  187. 187IV. THE CONTRACT.
  188. 188V. THE LETTER.
  189. 189VI.
  190. 190VII.
  191. 191VIII. AT HOME.
  192. 192IX. POSSESSION.
  193. 193X.
  194. 194XI. THE LOVERS.
  195. 195XII.
  196. 196XIII.
  197. 197XIV.
  198. 198XV. THE LOST JEWEL.
  199. 199XVI.
  200. 200III. NATURE.
  201. 201I. MOTHER NATURE.
  202. 202II. OUT OF THE MORNING.
  203. 203III.
  204. 204IV. DAY'S PARLOR.
  205. 205V. THE SUN'S WOOING.
  206. 206VI. THE ROBIN.
  207. 207VII. THE BUTTERFLY'S DAY.
  208. 208VIII. THE BLUEBIRD.
  209. 209IX. APRIL.
  210. 210X. THE SLEEPING FLOWERS.
  211. 211XI. MY ROSE.
  212. 212XII. THE ORIOLE'S SECRET.
  213. 213XIII. THE ORIOLE.
  214. 214XIV. IN SHADOW.
  215. 215XV. THE HUMMING-BIRD.
  216. 216XVI. SECRETS.
  217. 217XVII.
  218. 218XVIII. TWO VOYAGERS.
  219. 219XIX. BY THE SEA.
  220. 220XX. OLD-FASHIONED.
  221. 221XXI. A TEMPEST.
  222. 222XXII. THE SEA.
  223. 223XXIII. IN THE GARDEN.
  224. 224XXIV. THE SNAKE.
  225. 225XXV. THE MUSHROOM.
  226. 226XXVI. THE STORM.
  227. 227XXVII. THE SPIDER.
  228. 228XXVIII.
  229. 229XXIX.
  230. 230XXX. THE WIND'S VISIT.
  231. 231XXXI.
  232. 232XXXII. GOSSIP.
  233. 233XXXIII. SIMPLICITY.
  234. 234XXXIV. STORM.
  235. 235XXXV. THE RAT.
  236. 236XXXVI.
  237. 237XXXVII. A THUNDER-STORM.
  238. 238XXXVIII. WITH FLOWERS.
  239. 239XXXIX. SUNSET.
  240. 240XL.
  241. 241XLI.
  242. 242XLII. PROBLEMS.
  243. 243XLIII. THE JUGGLER OF DAY.
  244. 244XLIV. MY CRICKET.
  245. 245XLV.
  246. 246XLVI.
  247. 247XLVII. SUMMER'S OBSEQUIES.
  248. 248XLVIII. FRINGED GENTIAN.
  249. 249XLIX. NOVEMBER.
  250. 250L. THE SNOW.
  251. 251LI. THE BLUE JAY.
  252. 252IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
  253. 253I.
  254. 254II.
  255. 255III.
  256. 256IV. EPITAPH.
  257. 257V.
  258. 258VI.
  259. 259VII.
  260. 260VIII.
  261. 261IX. THE BATTLE-FIELD.
  262. 262X.
  263. 263XI.
  264. 264XII.
  265. 265XIII. MEMORIALS.
  266. 266XIV.
  267. 267XV.
  268. 268XVI.
  269. 269XVII. TRIUMPH.
  270. 270XVIII.
  271. 271XIX.
  272. 272XX. FOLLOWING.
  273. 273XXI.
  274. 274XXII. THE JOURNEY.
  275. 275XXIII. A COUNTRY BURIAL.
  276. 276XXIV. GOING.
  277. 277XXV.
  278. 278XXVI.
  279. 279XXVII.
  280. 280XXVIII. AT LENGTH.
  281. 281XXIX. GHOSTS.
  282. 282XXX. VANISHED.
  283. 283XXXI. PRECEDENCE.
  284. 284XXXII. GONE.
  285. 285XXXIII. REQUIEM.
  286. 286XXXIV.
  287. 287XXXV.
  288. 288XXXVI. TILL THE END.
  289. 289XXXVII. VOID.
  290. 290XXXVIII.
  291. 291XXXIX. SAVED!
  292. 292XL.
  293. 293XLI. THE FORGOTTEN GRAVE.
  294. 294XLII.
  295. 295POEMS
  296. 296MABEL LOOMIS TODD
  297. 297PREFACE.
  298. 298M. L. T.
  299. 299I. LIFE.
  300. 300I. REAL RICHES.
  301. 301II. SUPERIORITY TO FATE.
  302. 302III. HOPE.
  303. 303IV. FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
  304. 304I.
  305. 305V. FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
  306. 306II.
  307. 307VI. A WORD.
  308. 308VII.
  309. 309VIII. LIFE'S TRADES.
  310. 310IX.
  311. 311X.
  312. 312XI.
  313. 313XII. A SYLLABLE.
  314. 314XIII. PARTING.
  315. 315XIV. ASPIRATION.
  316. 316XV. THE INEVITABLE.
  317. 317XVI. A BOOK.
  318. 318XVII.
  319. 319XVIII. A PORTRAIT.
  320. 320XIX. I HAD A GUINEA GOLDEN.
  321. 321XX. SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
  322. 322XXI.
  323. 323XXII.
  324. 324XXIII. THE LOST THOUGHT.
  325. 325XXIV. RETICENCE.
  326. 326XXV. WITH FLOWERS.
  327. 327XXVI.
  328. 328XXVII.
  329. 329XXVIII. CONTRAST.
  330. 330XXIX. FRIENDS.
  331. 331XXX. FIRE.
  332. 332XXXI. A MAN.
  333. 333XXXII. VENTURES.
  334. 334XXXIII. GRIEFS.
  335. 335XXXIV.
  336. 336XXXV. DISENCHANTMENT.
  337. 337XXXVI. LOST FAITH.
  338. 338XXXVII. LOST JOY.
  339. 339XXXVIII.
  340. 340XXXIX.
  341. 341XL. ALPINE GLOW.
  342. 342XLI. REMEMBRANCE.
  343. 343XLII.
  344. 344XLIII. THE BRAIN.
  345. 345XLIV.
  346. 346XLV. THE PAST.
  347. 347XLVI.
  348. 348XLVII.
  349. 349XLVIII. DESIRE.
  350. 350XLIX. PHILOSOPHY.
  351. 351L. POWER.
  352. 352LI.
  353. 353LII.
  354. 354LIII. EXPERIENCE.
  355. 355LIV. THANKSGIVING DAY.
  356. 356LV. CHILDISH GRIEFS.
  357. 357II. LOVE.
  358. 358I. CONSECRATION.
  359. 359II. LOVE'S HUMILITY.
  360. 360III. LOVE.
  361. 361IV. SATISFIED.
  362. 362V. WITH A FLOWER.
  363. 363VI. SONG.
  364. 364VII. LOYALTY.
  365. 365VIII.
  366. 366IX.
  367. 367X. FORGOTTEN.
  368. 368XI.
  369. 369XII. THE MASTER.
  370. 370XIII.
  371. 371XIV.
  372. 372XV.
  373. 373XVI.
  374. 374XVII. WHO?
  375. 375XVIII.
  376. 376XIX. DREAMS.
  377. 377XX. NUMEN LUMEN.
  378. 378XXI. LONGING.
  379. 379XXII. WEDDED.
  380. 380III. NATURE.
  381. 381I. NATURE'S CHANGES.
  382. 382II. THE TULIP.
  383. 383III.
  384. 384IV. THE WAKING YEAR.
  385. 385V. TO MARCH.
  386. 386VI. MARCH.
  387. 387VII. DAWN.
  388. 388VIII.
  389. 389IX.
  390. 390X.
  391. 391XI. A ROSE.
  392. 392XII.
  393. 393XIII. COBWEBS.
  394. 394XIV. A WELL.
  395. 395XV.
  396. 396XVI. THE WIND.
  397. 397XVII.
  398. 398XVIII. THE WOODPECKER.
  399. 399XIX. A SNAKE.
  400. 400XX.
  401. 401XXI. THE MOON.
  402. 402XXII. THE BAT.
  403. 403XXIII. THE BALLOON.
  404. 404XXIV. EVENING.
  405. 405XXV. COCOON.
  406. 406XXVI. SUNSET.
  407. 407XXVII. AURORA.
  408. 408XXVIII. THE COMING OF NIGHT.
  409. 409XXIX. AFTERMATH.
  410. 410IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
  411. 411I.
  412. 412II.
  413. 413III.
  414. 414IV.
  415. 415V. ENDING.
  416. 416VI.
  417. 417VII.
  418. 418VIII.
  419. 419IX.
  420. 420X. IMMORTALITY.
  421. 421XI.
  422. 422XII.
  423. 423XIII. DEATH.
  424. 424XIV. UNWARNED.
  425. 425XV.
  426. 426XVI.
  427. 427XVII. ASLEEP.
  428. 428XVIII. THE SPIRIT.
  429. 429XIX. THE MONUMENT.
  430. 430XX.
  431. 431XXI.
  432. 432XXII.
  433. 433XXIII.
  434. 434XXIV.
  435. 435XXV.
  436. 436XXVI.
  437. 437XXVII. INVISIBLE.
  438. 438XXVIII.
  439. 439XXIX. TRYING TO FORGET.
  440. 440XXX.
  441. 441XXXI.
  442. 442XXXII. WAITING.
  443. 443XXXIII.
  444. 444XXXIV.
  445. 445XXXV.
  446. 446XXXVI. FAREWELL.
  447. 447XXXVII.
  448. 448XXXVIII. DEAD.
  449. 449XXXIX.
  450. 450XL.
  451. 451XLI.
  452. 452XLII.
  453. 453XLIII. JOY IN DEATH.
  454. 454XLIV.
  455. 455XLV.
  456. 456XLVI. DYING.
  457. 457XLVII.
  458. 458XLVIII.
  459. 459XLIX.
  460. 460L. THE SOUL'S STORM.
  461. 461LI.
  462. 462LII. THIRST.
  463. 463LIII.
  464. 464LIV. CHARLOTTE BRONTË'S GRAVE.
  465. 465LV.
  466. 466LVI.
  467. 467LVII. SLEEPING.
  468. 468LVIII. RETROSPECT.
  469. 469LIX. ETERNITY.

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