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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.
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[II. Our share of night to bear]
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III. ROUGE ET NOIR.
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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]
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X. IN A LIBRARY.
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[XI. Much madness is divinest sense]
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[XII. I asked no other thing]
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XIII. EXCLUSION.
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XIV. THE SECRET.
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XV. THE LONELY HOUSE.
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[XVI. To fight aloud is very brave]
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XVII. DAWN.
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XVIII. THE BOOK OF MARTYRS.
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XIX. THE MYSTERY OF PAIN.
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[XX. I taste a liquor never brewed]
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XXI. A BOOK.
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[XXII. I had no time to hate, because]
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XXIII. UNRETURNING.
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[XXIV. Whether my bark went down at sea,]
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[XXV. Belshazzar had a letter]
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[XXVI. The brain within its groove]
II. LOVE.
III. NATURE.
IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
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XXV.
DEATH AND LIFE.
Apparently
with no surprise
To any happy flower,
The frost beheads it at its play
In accidental power.
The blond assassin passes on,
The sun proceeds unmoved
To measure off another day
For an approving God.
Poems by Emily Dickinson