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"On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Success is counted sweetest (l. 9-12). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
""Hope" is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. "Hope" is the thing with feathers (l. 1-2).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. "Success is counted sweetest": Poem #67 in her Complete Poems, lines 1-2 (c. 1859). |
""Hope" is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tunes without the words—
And never stops—at all—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 254, Harvard variorum edition (1955). "Hope" is the Thing with Feathers, st. 1 (written c. 1861, published 1891). |
"Surgeons must be very careful
When they take the knife!
Underneath their fine incisions
Stirs the Culprit—Life!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 108, Harvard variorum edition (1955). Surgeons Must be Very Careful (written c. 1859, published 1891). |
"Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb—of Me."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. "Hope" is the thing with feathers (l. 11-12).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Tell all the truth but tell it slant,
Success in circuit lies,"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Tell all the truth but tell it slant (l. 1-2). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Fearless—the cobweb swings from the ceiling—
Indolent Housewife—in Daisies—lain!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. How many times these low feet staggered (l. 11-12).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"The truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. Tell all the truth but tell it slant (l. 7-8). . .
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"How many times these low feet staggered—
Only the soldered mouth can tell—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. How many times these low feet staggered (l. 1-2).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
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