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Poems by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
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[This is my letter to the world]
I. LIFE.
II. LOVE.
III. NATURE.
1.
[I. New feet within my garden go]
2.
II. MAY-FLOWER.
3.
III. WHY?
4.
[IV. Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower]
5.
[V. The pedigree of honey]
6.
VI. A SERVICE OF SONG.
7.
[VII. The bee is not afraid of me]
8.
VIII. SUMMER'S ARMIES.
9.
IX. THE GRASS.
10.
[X. A little road not made of man]
11.
XI. SUMMER SHOWER.
12.
XII. PSALM OF THE DAY.
13.
XIII. THE SEA OF SUNSET.
14.
XIV. PURPLE CLOVER.
15.
XV. THE BEE.
16.
[XVI. Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn]
17.
[XVII. As children bid the guest good-night]
18.
[XVIII. Angels in the early morning]
19.
[XIX. So bashful when I spied her]
20.
XX. TWO WORLDS.
21.
XXI. THE MOUNTAIN.
22.
XXII. A DAY.
23.
[XXIII. The butterfly's assumption-gown]
24.
XXIV. THE WIND.
25.
XXV. DEATH AND LIFE.
26.
[XXVI. 'T was later when the summer went]
27.
XXVII. INDIAN SUMMER.
28.
XXVIII. AUTUMN.
29.
XXIX. BECLOUDED.
30.
XXX. THE HEMLOCK.
31.
[XXXI. There's a certain slant of light]
IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
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[XII. I asked no other thing]
I asked
no other thing,
No other was denied.
I offered Being for it;
The mighty merchant smiled.
Brazil? He twirled a button,
Without a glance my way:
“But, madam, is there nothing else
That we can show to-day?”
Poems by Emily Dickinson