Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

Her Final Summer Was It

Her final summer was it,And yet we guessed it not;If tenderer industriousnessPervaded her, we thoughtA further force of lifeDeveloped from..

© Emily Dickinson

The Rainbow Never Tells Me

97The rainbow never tells meThat gust and storm are by,Yet is she more convincingThan Philosophy.My flowers turn from Forums—Yet eloquent declareWhat..

© Emily Dickinson

Some Rainbow—coming From The Fair!

64Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!Some Vision of the World Cashmere—I confidently see!Or else a Peacock's purple TrainFeather by feather—on the..

© Emily Dickinson

There Came A Wind Like A Bugle

There cam a Wind like a Bugle -It quivered through the GrassAnd a Green Chill upon the HeatSo ominous did passWe barred the Windows and the DoorsAs..

© Emily Dickinson

Rest At Night

714Rest at NightThe Sun from shining,Nature—and some Men—Rest at Noon—some Men—While NatureAnd the Sun—go on—

© Emily Dickinson

I Have A Bird In Spring

5I have a Bird in springWhich for myself doth sing—The spring decoys.And as the summer nears—And as the Rose appears,Robin is gone.Yet do I not..

© Emily Dickinson

I'M "Wife"&Mdash;I'Ve Finished That

199I'm "wife"—I've finished that—That other state—I'm Czar—I'm "Woman" now—It's safer so—How odd the Girl's life looksBehind this soft Eclipse—I..

© Emily Dickinson

There Is A Pain—so Utter

599There is a pain—so utter—It swallows substance up—Then covers the Abyss with Trance—So Memory can stepAround—across—upon it—As one within a..

© Emily Dickinson

I Had Been Hungry All The Years

I had been hungry all the years-My noon had come, to dine-I, trembling, drew the table nearAnd touched the curious wine.'T was this on tables I had..

© Emily Dickinson

The Soul Has Bandaged Moments

512The Soul has Bandaged moments—When too appalled to stir—She feels some ghastly Fright come upAnd stop to look at her—Salute her—with long..

© Emily Dickinson

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

3"Sic transit gloria mundi,""How doth the busy bee,""Dum vivimus vivamus,"I stay mine enemy!Oh "veni, vidi, vici!"Oh caput cap-a-pie!And oh "memento..

© Emily Dickinson

The Definition Of Beauty Is

988The Definition of Beauty isThat Definition is none—Of Heaven, easing Analysis,Since Heaven and He are one.

© Emily Dickinson

Safe In Their Alabaster Chambers

Safe in their alabaster chambers,Untouched by morning and untouched by noon,Sleep the meek members of the resurrection,Rafter of satin, and roof of..

© Emily Dickinson

Nature And God—i Neither Knew

835Nature and God—I neither knewYet Both so well knew meThey startled, like ExecutorsOf My identity.Yet Neither told—that I could learn—My Secret as..

© Emily Dickinson

If The Foolish, Call Them "Flowers"

168If the foolish, call them "flowers"—Need the wiser, tell?If the Savants "Classify" themIt is just as well!Those who read the "Revelations"Must not..

© Emily Dickinson

Her Breast Is Fit For Pearls

84Her breast is fit for pearls,But I was not a "Diver"—Her brow is fit for thronesBut I have not a crest.Her heart is fit for home—I—a Sparrow—build..

© Emily Dickinson

I See Thee Better—in The Dark

I see thee better—in the Dark—I do not need a Light—The Love of Thee—a Prism be—Excelling Violet—I see thee better for the YearsThat hunch themselves..

© Emily Dickinson

Unto Like Story—trouble Has Enticed Me

295Unto like Story—Trouble has enticed me—How Kinsmen fell—Brothers and Sister—who preferred the Glory—And their young willBent to the Scaffold, or..

© Emily Dickinson

I Felt My Life With Both My Hands

351I felt my life with both my handsTo see if it was there—I held my spirit to the Glass,To prove it possibler—I turned my Being round and roundAnd..

© Emily Dickinson

Love—is Anterior To Life

917Love—is anterior to Life—Posterior—to Death—Initial of Creation, andThe Exponent of Earth—

© Emily Dickinson

We Dream—it Is Good We Are Dreaming

531We dream—it is good we are dreaming—It would hurt us—were we awake—But since it is playing—kill us,And we are playing—shriek—What harm? Men..

© Emily Dickinson

God Made A Little Gentian

442God made a little Gentian—It tried—to be a Rose—And failed—and all the Summer laughed—But just before the SnowsThere rose a Purple Creature—That..

© Emily Dickinson

Within My Reach!

90Within my reach!I could have touched!I might have chanced that way!Soft sauntered thro' the village—Sauntered as soft away!So unsuspected..

© Emily Dickinson

Two—were Immortal Twice

800Two—were immortal twice—The privilege of few—Eternity—obtained—in Time—Reversed Divinity—That our ignoble EyesThe quality conceiveOf Paradise..

© Emily Dickinson

In Ebon Box, When Years Have Flown

169In Ebon Box, when years have flownTo reverently peer,Wiping away the velvet dustSummers have sprinkled there!To hold a letter to the light—Grown..

© Emily Dickinson