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Poems by Emily Dickinson

Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)

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I. LIFE.
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II. LOVE.
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III. NATURE.
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I. MOTHER NATURE.
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II. OUT OF THE MORNING.
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[III. At half-past three a single bird]
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IV. DAY'S PARLOR.
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V. THE SUN'S WOOING.
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VI. THE ROBIN.
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VII. THE BUTTERFLY'S DAY.
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VIII. THE BLUEBIRD.
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IX. APRIL.
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X. THE SLEEPING FLOWERS.
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XI. MY ROSE.
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XII. THE ORIOLE'S SECRET.
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XIII. THE ORIOLE.
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XIV. IN SHADOW.
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XV. THE HUMMING-BIRD.
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XVI. SECRETS.
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[XVII. Who robbed the woods]
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XVIII. TWO VOYAGERS.
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XIX. BY THE SEA.
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XX. OLD-FASHIONED.
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XXI. A TEMPEST.
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XXII. THE SEA.
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XXIII. IN THE GARDEN.
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XXIV. THE SNAKE.
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XXV. THE MUSHROOM.
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XXVI. THE STORM.
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XXVII. THE SPIDER.
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[XXVIII. I know a place where summer strives]
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[XXIX. The one that could repeat the summer day]
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XXX. THE WIND'S VISIT.
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[XXXI. Nature rarer uses yellow]
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XXXII. GOSSIP.
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XXXIII. SIMPLICITY.
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XXXIV. STORM.
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XXXV. THE RAT.
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[XXXVI. Frequently the woods are pink]
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XXXVII. A THUNDER-STORM.
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XXXVIII. WITH FLOWERS.
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XXXIX. SUNSET.
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[XL. She sweeps with many-colored brooms]
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[XLI. Like mighty footlights burned the red]
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XLII. PROBLEMS.
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XLIII. THE JUGGLER OF DAY.
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XLIV. MY CRICKET.
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[XLV. As imperceptibly as grief]
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[XLVI. It can't be summer,—that got through]
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XLVII. SUMMER'S OBSEQUIES.
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XLVIII. FRINGED GENTIAN.
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XLIX. NOVEMBER.
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L. THE SNOW.
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LI THE BLUE JAY.
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IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.

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XXI.
A TEMPEST.

An awful tempest mashed the air,
The clouds were gaunt and few;
A black, as of a spectre's cloak,
Hid heaven and earth from view.
The creatures chuckled on the roofs
And whistled in the air,
And shook their fists and gnashed their teeth,
And swung their frenzied hair.
The morning lit, the birds arose;
The monster's faded eyes
Turned slowly to his native coast,
And peace was Paradise!
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