Poeticous Logo
en
English Español Français Italiano
Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

A Counterfeit– a Plated Person –

A Counterfeit–  a Plated Person –
I would not be -
Whatever strata of Iniquity
My Nature underlie -
Truth is good Health -  and Safety, and the Sky.
How meagre, what an Exile -  is a Lie,
And Vocal–  when we die –

#Americans #Women #XIXCentury

Enjoyed this read? Treat us to a coffee!.
Your help allows us to exist.
Other works by Emily Dickinson...
Expectation—is Contentment—

807 Expectation—is Contentment— Gain—Satiety— But Satiety—Conviction Of Necessity
 1
I read my sentence—steadily

412 I read my sentence—steadily— Reviewed it with my eyes, To see that I made no mistake In its extremest clause—
The Road Was Lit With Moon and Star

The Road was lit with Moon and st… The Trees were bright and still - Descried I - by the distant Ligh… A Traveller on a Hill - To magic Perpendiculars
Love XIV. I’m ceded, I ’ve stopped being theirs (508)

XIV I’M ceded, I ’ve stopped being th… The name they dropped upon my face With water, in the country church, Is finished using now,
As from the earth the light Balloon

As from the earth the light Ballo… Asks nothing but release - Ascension that for which it was, Its soaring Residence. The spirit looks upon the Dust
September’s Baccalaureate

September’s Baccalaureate A combination is Of Crickets– Crows– and Retros… And a dissembling Breeze That hints without assuming -
 1
She’s Happy, With a New Content

535 She’s happy, with a new Content— That feels to her—like Sacrament— She’s busy—with an altered Care— As just apprenticed to the Air—
Houses—so the Wise Men tell me—

“Houses”'—so the Wise Men tell me… Houses—so the Wise Men tell me— “Mansions”! Mansions must be warm… Mansions cannot let the tears in, Mansions must exclude the storm!
 1
I Could Not Prove the Years Had Feet

563 I could not prove the Years had f… Yet confident they run Am I, from symptoms that are past And Series that are done—
She Died at Play

75 She died at play, Gambolled away Her lease of spotted hours, Then sank as gaily as a Turn
 1
Bless God, He Went as Soldiers

147 Bless God, he went as soldiers, His musket on his breast— Grant God, he charge the bravest Of all the martial blest!
Life XII. I asked no other thing (621)

XII I ASKED no other thing, No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The mighty merchant smiled.
The Birds Begun at Four O’Clock

783 The Birds begun at Four o’clock— Their period for Dawn— A Music numerous as space— But neighboring as Noon—
 2
Her Sweet Turn to Leave the Homestead

649 Her Sweet turn to leave the Homes… Came the Darker Way— Carriages—Be Sure—and Guests—too… But for Holiday
The Spry Arms of the Wind

The spry Arms of the Wind If I could crawl between I have an errand imminent To an adjoining Zone - I should not care to stop
 1



Top