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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.
1.
I. MINE.
2.
II. BEQUEST.
3.
[III. Alter? When the hills do]
4.
IV. SUSPENSE.
5.
V. SURRENDER.
6.
[VI. If you were coming in the fall]
7.
VII. WITH A FLOWER.
8.
VIII. PROOF.
9.
[IX. Have you got a brook in your little heart]
10.
X. TRANSPLANTED.
11.
XI. THE OUTLET.
12.
XII. IN VAIN.
13.
XIII. RENUNCIATION.
14.
XIV. LOVE'S BAPTISM.
15.
XV. RESURRECTION.
16.
XVI. APOCALYPSE.
17.
XVII. THE WIFE.
18.
XVIII. APOTHEOSIS.
III. NATURE.
IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
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XXI.
THE MOUNTAIN.
The
mountain sat upon the plain
In his eternal chair,
His observation omnifold,
His inquest everywhere.
The seasons prayed around his knees,
Like children round a sire:
Grandfather of the days is he,
Of dawn the ancestor.
Poems by Emily Dickinson