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"The Pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee—
A Clover, any time, to him,
Is Aristocracy—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 1627, Harvard variorum edition (1955). The Pedigree of Honey (version 2) (written c. 1884, published 1890). |
"How dreary to be somebody.
How public—like a frog—
To tell your name the livelong June
To an admiring bog."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I'm nobody! Who are you? (L. 5-8). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"There came a Wind like a Bugle—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. There came a Wind like a Bugle (l. 1). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"I'm nobody, who are you?"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I'm nobody! Who are you? (L. 1). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"How much can come
And much can go,
And yet abide the World!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. There came a Wind like a Bugle (l. 15-17). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Burglar! Banker—Father!
I am poor once more!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I never lost as much but twice.
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"There is no Frigate like a Book"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. There is no Frigate like a Book (l. 1). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"I never lost as much but twice,
And that was in the sod."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). I never lost as much but twice (l. 1-2). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 1263, Harvard variorum edition (1955). There is no Frigate Like a Book (written c. 1873, published 1894). |
"I never saw a Moor—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I never saw a Moor (l. 1).
CP-Di. Modern American & British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed., in consultation with Karl Shapiro and Richard Wilbur. (Rev., shorter ed., 1955) Harcourt, Brace and Company. |
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