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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!''
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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. John...
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''Fame is a bee.
It has a song--
It has a sting--
Ah, too, it has a wing.''
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Emily Dickinson (1831-1886), U.S. poet. "Fame is a bee": poem no. 1763 in her Collected Poems, entire poem (date not known).
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''Some keep the Sabbath going to church;
I keep it staying at home,''
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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. Johns...
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''Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate.''
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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)...
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''Spring is the Period
Express from God.''
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Emily Dickinson (1831-1886), U.S. poet. "Spring is the Period": poem no. 844 in her Collected Poems, lines 1-2 (c. 1864).
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''Farther in summer than the birds,
Pathetic from the grass,
A minor nation celebrates
Its unobtrusive Mass.''
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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: Langla...
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''Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.''
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Success is counted sweetest (l. 1-2). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1...
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''Remit as yet no grace,
No furrow on the glow,
Yet a druidic difference
Enhances nature now.''
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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: Lan...
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''Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.''
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 67, Harvard variorum edition (1955). Success Is Counted Sweetest, st. 1 (writ...
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''His Labor is a Chant—
His Idleness—a Tune—
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of Noon!''
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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 (wr...
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