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Poems by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
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1.
I. LIFE.
2.
II. LOVE.
1.
I. CONSECRATION.
2.
II. LOVE'S HUMILITY.
3.
III. LOVE.
4.
IV. SATISFIED.
5.
V. WITH A FLOWER.
6.
VI. SONG.
7.
VII. LOYALTY.
8.
[VIII. To lose thee, sweeter than to gain]
9.
[IX. Poor little heart]
10.
X. FORGOTTEN.
11.
[XI. I've got an arrow here]
12.
XII. THE MASTER.
13.
[XIII. Heart, we will forget him]
14.
[XIV. Father, I bring thee not myself]
15.
[XV. We outgrow love like other things]
16.
[XVI. Not with a club the heart is broken]
17.
XVII. WHO?
18.
[XVIII. He touched me, so I live to know]
19.
XIX. DREAMS.
20.
XX. NUMEN LUMEN.
21.
XXI. LONGING.
22.
XXII. WEDDED.
3.
III. NATURE.
4.
IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
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XXX.
FIRE.
Ashes
denote that fire was;
Respect the grayest pile
For the departed creature's sake
That hovered there awhile.
Fire exists the first in light,
And then consolidates,—
Only the chemist can disclose
Into what carbonates.
Poems by Emily Dickinson