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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.
5.
[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]
9.
[IX. The heart asks pleasure first]
10.
X. IN A LIBRARY.
11.
[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.
19.
XIX. THE MYSTERY OF PAIN.
20.
[XX. I taste a liquor never brewed]
21.
XXI. A BOOK.
22.
[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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XIII.
THE FUNERAL.
That
short, potential stir
That each can make but once,
That bustle so illustrious
'T is almost consequence,
Is the
éclat
of death.
Oh, thou unknown renown
That not a beggar would accept,
Had he the power to spurn!
Poems by Emily Dickinson