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").
As from the earth the light Balloon
As from the earth the light BalloonAsks nothing but release -Ascension that for which it was,Its soaring Residence.The spirit looks upon the DustThat..
© Emily Dickinson
A Spider sewed at Night
A Spider sewed at NightWithout a LightUpon an Arc of White.If Ruff it was of DameOr Shroud of GnomeHimself himself inform.Of ImmortalityHis..
© Emily Dickinson
Best Witchcraft is Geometry
Best Witchcraft is GeometryTo the magician's mind -His ordinary acts are featsTo thinking of mankind.
© Emily Dickinson
As old as Woe
As old as Woe -How old is that?Some eighteen thousand years -As old as BlissHow old is thatThey are of equal yearsTogether chiefest they ard foundBut..
© Emily Dickinson
'Tomorrow' - whose location
'Tomorrow' - whose locationThe Wise deceivesThough its hallucinationIs last that leaves -Tomorrow - thou RetrieverOf every tare -Of Alibi art thouOr..
© Emily Dickinson
I thought the Train would never come
I thought the Train would never come -How slow the whistle sang -I don't believe a peevish BirdSo whimpered for the Spring -I taught my Heart a..
© Emily Dickinson
A train went through a burial gate
A train went through a burial gate,A bird broke forth and sang,And trilled, and quivered, and shook his throatTill all the churchyard rang;And then..
© Emily Dickinson
Could mortal lip divine
Could mortal lip divineThe undeveloped FreightOf a delivered syllable'Twould crumble with the weight.
© Emily Dickinson
Of so divine a Loss
Of so divine a LossWe enter but the Gain,Indemnity for LonelinessThat such a Bliss has been.
© Emily Dickinson
The Devil - had he fidelity
The Devil - had he fidelityWould be the best friend -Because he has ability -But Devils cannot mend -Perfidy is the virtueThat would but he resignThe..
© Emily Dickinson
'Twas comfort in her Dying Room
'Twas comfort in her Dying RoomTo hear the living Clock -A short relief to have the windWalk boldly up and knock -Diversion from the Dying ThemeTo..
© Emily Dickinson
Immured in Heaven!
Immured in Heaven!What a Cell!Let every Bondage be,Thou sweetest of the Universe,Like that which ravished thee!
© Emily Dickinson
The Clover's simple Fame
The Clover's simple FameRemembered of the Cow -Is better than enameled RealmsOf notability.Renown perceives itselfAnd that degrades the Flower -The..
© Emily Dickinson
The Beggar at the Door for Fame
The Beggar at the Door for FameWere easily suppliedBut Bread is that Diviner thingDisclosed to be denied
© Emily Dickinson
Speech is one symptom of Affection
Speech is one symptom of AffectionAnd Silence one -The perfectest communicationIs heard of none -Exists and its indorsementIs had within -Behold..
© Emily Dickinson
How Human Nature dotes
How Human Nature dotesOn what it can't detect.The moment that a Plot is plumbedProspective is extinct -Prospective is the friendReserved for us to..
© Emily Dickinson
By homely gift and hindered Words
By homely gift and hindered WordsThe human heart is toldOf Nothing -'Nothing' is the forceThat renovates the World
© Emily Dickinson
Whether they have forgotten
Whether they have forgottenOr are forgetting nowOr never remembered -Safer not to know -Miseries of conjectureAre a softer woeThan a Fact of..
© Emily Dickinson
Not Sickness stains the Brave
Not Sickness stains the Brave,Nor any Dart,Nor Doubt of Scene to come,But an adjourning Heart
© Emily Dickinson
Too cold is this
Too cold is thisTo warm with Sun -Too stiff to bended be,To joint this Agate were a work -Outstaring Masonry -How went the Agile Kernel outContusion..
© Emily Dickinson
Warm in her Hand these accents lie
Warm in her Hand these accents lieWhile faithful and afarThe Grace so awkward for her sakeIts fond subjection wear
© Emily Dickinson
Oh Shadow on the Grass
Oh Shadow on the Grass,Art thou a Step or not?Go make thee fair my CandidateMy nominated Heart -Oh Shadow on the GrassWhile I delay to guessSome..
© Emily Dickinson
These Fevered Days - to take them to the Forest
These Fevered Days - to take them to the ForestWhere Waters cool around the mosses crawl -And shade is all that devastates the stillnessSeems it..
© Emily Dickinson
Remembrance has a Rear and Front
Remembrance has a Rear and Front -'Tis something like a House -It has a Garret alsoFor Refuse and the Mouse.Besides the deepest CellarThat ever Mason..
© Emily Dickinson
The reticent volcano keeps
The reticent volcano keepsHis never slumbering plan -Confided are his projects pinkTo no precarious man.If nature will not tell the taleJehovah told..
© Emily Dickinson