Drowning is not so pitiful As the attempt to rise. Three times, ‘t is said, a sinking man Comes up to face the skies, And then declines forever To that abhorred abode Where hope and he part company, — For he is grasped of God. The Maker’s cordial visage, However good to see, Is shunned, we must admit it, Like an adversity.
Dreams. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Let me not mar that perfect dream By an auroral stain, But so adjust my daily night That it will come again.
Disenchantment. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
It dropped so low in my regard I heard it hit the ground, And go to pieces on the stones At bottom of my mind; Yet blamed the…
Desire. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Who never wanted, — maddest joy Remains to him unknown: The banquet of abstemiousness Surpasses that of wine. Within its hope, though yet ungrasped Desire’s perfect goal, No nearer, lest…
Deed. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
A deed knocks first at thought, And then it knocks at will. That is the manufacturing spot, And will at home and well. It then goes out an…
Death. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Death is like the insect Menacing the tree, Competent to kill it, But decoyed may be. Bait it with the balsam, Seek it with the knife, Baffle, if it cost…
Death Is A Dialogue Between By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Death is a dialogue between The spirit and the dust. “Dissolve,” says Death. The Spirit, “Sir, I have another trust.” Death doubts it, argues from the ground. The Spirit…
Death And Life. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Apparently with no surprise To any happy flower, The frost beheads it at its play In accidental power. The blond assassin passes on, The sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another…
Dead. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
There’s something quieter than sleep Within this inner room! It wears a sprig upon its breast, And will not tell its name. Some touch it and some kiss…
Day’s Parlor. By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
The day came slow, till five o’clock, Then sprang before the hills Like hindered rubies, or the light A sudden musket spills. The purple could not keep the…