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Jun 14, 2019 · To help you get started reading this singular talent, we’ve assembled this guide to 15 of the best Emily Dickinson poems — arranged roughly in the order in which they were written. Keep in mind that this chronology is a matter of scholarly conjecture — this ever-mysterious poet didn’t date her verses.
By Emily Dickinson. “Hope” is the thing with feathers -. That perches in the soul -. And sings the tune without the words -. And never stops - at all -. And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -. And sore must be the storm -. That could abash the little Bird. That kept so many warm -.
One Sister have I in our house. Safe in their Alabaster Chambers. Success is counted sweetest. Tell all the truth but tell it slant. The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman. Wild nights - Wild nights! Besides the Autumn poets sing. A lane of Yellow led the eye. I like to see it lap the Miles.
Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263) By Emily Dickinson. Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies. Too bright for our infirm Delight. The Truth's superb surprise. As Lightning to the Children eased. With explanation kind. The Truth must dazzle gradually. Or every man be blind —
May 3, 2004 · Project Gutenberg's Poems: Three Series, Complete, by Emily Dickinson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - (591) By 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 -. The Eyes around - had wrung them dry -. And Breaths were gathering firm. For that last Onset - when the King.
Portrait by Sophie Herxheimer. Emily Dickinson published very few poems in her lifetime, and nearly 1,800 of her poems were discovered after her death, many of them neatly organized into small, hand-sewn booklets called fascicles.
