Split the lark and you’ll find the music, Bulb after bulb, in silver rolled, Scantily dealt to the summer morning, Saved for your ear when lutes be old. Loose the flood, you shall find it patent, Gush after gush, reserved for you; Scarlet experiment! sceptic Thomas, Now, do you doubt that your bird was true?
Love. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Love is anterior to life, Posterior to death, Initial of creation, and The exponent of breath.
Love’s Humility. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
My worthiness is all my doubt, His merit all my fear, Contrasting which, my qualities Do lowlier appear; Lest I should insufficient prove For his beloved need, The chiefest apprehension Within…
Love’s Baptism. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
I’m ceded, I’ve stopped being theirs; The name they dropped upon my face With water, in the country church, Is finished using now, And they can put it with…
Lost. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
I lost a world the other day. Has anybody found? You’ll know it by the row of stars Around its forehead bound. A rich man might not notice…
Lost Faith. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
To lose one’s faith surpasses The loss of an estate, Because estates can be Replenished, — faith cannot. Inherited with life, Belief but once can be; Annihilate a single clause, And…
Lost Joy. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
I had a daily bliss I half indifferent viewed, Till sudden I perceived it stir, — It grew as I pursued, Till when, around a crag, It wasted from…
Lost Faith. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
To lose one’s faith surpasses The loss of an estate, Because estates can be Replenished, — faith cannot. Inherited with life, Belief but once can be; Annihilate a single clause, And…
Look Back On Time With Kindly Eyes, By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Look back on time with kindly eyes, He doubtless did his best; How softly sinks his trembling sun In human nature’s west!
Longing. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
I envy seas whereon he rides, I envy spokes of wheels Of chariots that him convey, I envy speechless hills That gaze upon his journey; How easy all can…