The Crime, from us, is hidden, [though] he is presumed to know. — Emily Dickinson Atheism Copy Share Image
Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned. — Emily Dickinson Chance Copy Share Image
Had we less to say to those we love, perhaps we should say it oftener. — Emily Dickinson Love Copy Share Image
PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Nothing more do I ask than to share with you the ecstasy and sacrament of my life. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The sweets of pillage can be known To no one but the thief, Compassion for integrity Is his divinest grief. — Emily Dickinson Compassion Copy Share Image
The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and… — Emily Dickinson Brain Copy Share Image
“And so, as kinsmen met a-night, We talked between the rooms, Until the moss had reached our lips, And covered up our… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Best Witchcraft is Geometry To the magician's mind - His ordinary acts are feats To thinking of mankind. — Emily Dickinson Feats Copy Share Image
She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend, - Or the most agonizing Spy - An Enemy - could send - — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Apparently with no surprise To any happy Flower The Frost beheads it at its play -- In accidental power -- The blonde… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I would paint a portrait which would bring the tears, had I canvas for it, and the scene should be -- solitude,… — Emily Dickinson Artist Copy Share Image
I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran.… — Emily Dickinson Amethyst Copy Share Image
When I sound the fairy call, gather here in silent meeiing, Chin to knee on the orchard wall, cooled with dew and… — Emily Dickinson Dreams Copy Share Image
I can wade Grief -- Whole Pools of it -- I'm used to that -- But the least push of Joy Breaks… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Wild Nights—Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile—the winds— To a heart in port— Done with… — Emily Dickinson Compass Copy Share Image
Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition So clear of victory, As he,… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry –… — Emily Dickinson Books Copy Share Image
I SEE thee better in the dark, I do not need a light. The love of thee a prism be Excelling violet.… — Emily Dickinson Dark Copy Share Image
It might be lonelier Without the Loneliness - I’m so accustomed to my Fate - Perhaps the Other - Peace - Would… — Emily Dickinson Blue Copy Share Image
He fumbles at your spirit As players at the keys Before they drop full music on; He stuns you by degrees. Prepares… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“FAREWELL. Tie the strings to my life, my Lord, Then I am ready to go! Just a look at the horses —… — Emily Dickinson Farewell Copy Share Image
“The wind tapped like a tired man, And like a host, "Come in," I boldly answered; entered then My residence within A… — Emily Dickinson Emily-dickinson Copy Share Image
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at… — Emily Dickinson Bird Copy Share Image
“I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading – treading – till it seemed That Sense… — Emily Dickinson Brain Copy Share Image
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bloom… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image