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"After great pain, a formal feeling comes—
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 341, Harvard variorum edition (1955). After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes (written c. 1862, published 1929). |
"Just girt me for the onset with Eternity,
When breath blew back,
And on the other side
I heard recede the disappointed tide!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Just lost, when I was saved! (L. 3-6). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"When God—remembered—and the Fiend
Let go, then, Overcome—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. 'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch (l. 16-17). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"This is the Hour of Lead—
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow—
First—Chill—then Stupor—then the
letting go—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. After great pain, a formal feeling comes (l. 10-13).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Next time, to tarry,
While the Ages steal—
Slow tramp the Centuries,
And the Cycles wheel!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Just lost, when I was saved! (L. 16-19). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"And you dropt, lost,
When something broke—
And let you from a Dream—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. 'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch (l. 7-9). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"A light exists in spring
Not present on the year
At any other period."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. A light exists in spring (l. 1-3). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Much madness is divinest sense (l. 1-3). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Which Anguish was the utterest—then—
To perish, or to live?"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. 'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch (l. 24-25). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"It passes, and we stay:
A quality of loss
Affecting our content,
As trade had suddenly encroached
Upon a sacrament."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. A light exists in spring (l. 16-20). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
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