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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.
1.
I. SUCCESS.
2.
[II. Our share of night to bear]
3.
III. ROUGE ET NOIR.
4.
IV. ROUGE GAGNE.
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[V. Glee! the great storm is over]
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[VI. If I can stop one heart from breaking]
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VII. ALMOST!
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[VIII. A wounded deer leaps highest]
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[IX. The heart asks pleasure first]
10.
X. IN A LIBRARY.
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[XI. Much madness is divinest sense]
12.
[XII. I asked no other thing]
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XIII. EXCLUSION.
14.
XIV. THE SECRET.
15.
XV. THE LONELY HOUSE.
16.
[XVI. To fight aloud is very brave]
17.
XVII. DAWN.
18.
XVIII. THE BOOK OF MARTYRS.
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XIX. THE MYSTERY OF PAIN.
20.
[XX. I taste a liquor never brewed]
21.
XXI. A BOOK.
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[XXII. I had no time to hate, because]
23.
XXIII. UNRETURNING.
24.
[XXIV. Whether my bark went down at sea,]
25.
[XXV. Belshazzar had a letter]
26.
[XXVI. The brain within its groove]
II. LOVE.
III. NATURE.
IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
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[XXV. Belshazzar had a letter]
Belshazzar
had a letter,—
He never had but one;
Belshazzar's correspondent
Concluded and begun
In that immortal copy,
The conscience of us all
Can read without its glasses
On revelation's wall.
Poems by Emily Dickinson