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"The Brain—is wider than the Sky—
For—put them side by side—
The one the other will contain
With ease—and You—beside—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 632, Harvard variorum edition (1955). The Brain is Wider than the Sky (written c. 1862, published 1896). |
"I cannot live with you."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I cannot live with you (l. 1).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"The Brain is just the weight of God—
For—Heft them—Pound for Pound—
And they will differ—if they do—
As Syllable from Sound—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. The Brain is wider than the Sky (l. 9-12).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"You there, I here,
With just the door ajar
That oceans are,
And prayer,
And that pale sustenance,
Despair!"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I cannot live with you (l. 46-51).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"The Brain—is wider than the Sky—"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. The Brain is wider than the Sky (l. 1).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"I cannot live with You—
It would be Life—
And Life is over there—
Behind the Shelf"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 640, Harvard variorum edition (1955). I Cannot Live With You (written c. 1862, published 1890). |
"The Sweeping up the Heart
And putting Love away
We shall not want to use again
Until Eternity."
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. The Bustle in a House (l. 5-8).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"I could not die with you,"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I cannot live with you (l. 13).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"The Bustle in a House
The Morning after Death"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. The Bustle in a House (l. 1-2).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
"Nor could I rise with you,
Because your face
Would put out Jesus',"
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), U.S. poet. I cannot live with you (l. 21-23).
CP-Di. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, ed. (1960) Little, Brown. |
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