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"God preaches,—a noted clergyman,—
And the sermon is never long;
So instead of getting to heaven at last,
I'm going all along!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Some keep the Sabbath going to church (l. 9-12). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Fame is a bee.
It has a song--
It has a sting--
Ah, too, it has a wing."
Emily Dickinson (1831-1886), U.S. poet. "Fame is a bee": poem no. 1763 in her Collected Poems, entire poem (date not known). |
"Some keep the Sabbath going to church;
I keep it staying at home,"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Some keep the Sabbath going to church (l. 1-2). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 1659, Harvard variorum edition (1955). Fame is a Fickle Food (published 1914). |
"Spring is the Period
Express from God."
Emily Dickinson (1831-1886), U.S. poet. "Spring is the Period": poem no. 844 in her Collected Poems, lines 1-2 (c. 1864). |
"Farther in summer than the birds,
Pathetic from the grass,
A minor nation celebrates
Its unobtrusive Mass."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Farther in summer than the birds (l. 1-4).
CP-Di. Poets of the English Language, Vols. I-V. Vol. I: Langland to Spenser; Vol. II: Marlowe to Marvell; Vol. III: Milton to Goldsmith; Vol. IV: Blake to Poe; Vol. V: Tennyson to Yeats. W. H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson, eds. (1950) The Viking Press. |
"Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Success is counted sweetest (l. 1-2). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Remit as yet no grace,
No furrow on the glow,
Yet a druidic difference
Enhances nature now."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Farther in summer than the birds (l. 13-16).
PoEL-2. Poets of the English Language, Vols. I-V. Vol. I: Langland to Spenser; Vol. II: Marlowe to Marvell; Vol. III: Milton to Goldsmith; Vol. IV: Blake to Poe; Vol. V: Tennyson to Yeats. W. H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson, eds. (1950) The Viking Press. |
"Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 67, Harvard variorum edition (1955). Success Is Counted Sweetest, st. 1 (written c. 1859, published 1878). |
"His Labor is a Chant—
His Idleness—a Tune—
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of Noon!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 916, Harvard variorum edition (1955). His Feet Are Shod With Gauze, st. 2 (written c. 1864, published 1890). |
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