Quotes by Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

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Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies... — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
A charm invests a faceImperfectly beheld,—The lady dare not lift her veilFor fear it be dispelled.But peers beyond her m — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,One clover, and a bee,And revery.The revery alone will do,If bees are fe — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul,And sings the tune without the words,And never stops at all,And — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell! They ’d banish us, you know. How dr — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
One need not be a chamber to be haunted. — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—As if my Brain had split—I tried to match it—Seam by Seam—But could not make it fit. — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
A precious, mouldering pleasure ’t is To meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think. — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
I stepped from Plank to PlankSo slow and cautiouslyThe Stars about my Head I felt,About my Feet the Sea.I knew not but t — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
I held a jewel in my fingers And went to sleep. The day was warm, and winds were prosy; I said: "'T will keep."I woke an — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
To see the Summer SkyIs Poetry, though never in a Book it lie—True Poems flee— — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
I have no life but this, To lead it here; Nor any death, but lest Dispelled from there; Nor tie to earths to come, Nor a — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Not “Revelation” – tis – that waitsBut our unfurnished eyes – — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Soul selects her own Society. — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire,He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her.De — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted. — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Water is taught by thirst;Land, by the oceans passed;Transport, by throe;Peace, by its battles told;Love, by memorial mo — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,And Mourners to and froKept treading – treading – till it seemedThat Sense was breaking th — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Not with a club, the Heart is brokenNor with a Stone –A Whip so small you could not see itI've known — Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson