Alone, I Cannot Be Poem by Emily Dickinson

Alone, I Cannot Be

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Alone, I cannot be—
For Hosts—do visit me—
Recordless Company—
Who baffle Key—

They have no Robes, nor Names—
No Almanacs—nor Climes—
But general Homes
Like Gnomes—

Their Coming, may be known
By Couriers within—
Their going—is not—
For they've never gone—

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
edmund roache 29 March 2020

Emily is telling us that although she appears to us to be reclusively alone, in actuality she is visited by hosts, which are angelic beings. Emily is being absolutely literal here as similar messages are in many of her other poems as well.

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Walterrean Salley 23 November 2016

(Alone, I Cannot Be by Emily Dickinson.) **Interesting.

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* Sunprincess * 22 September 2015

.........so imaginative...love this ★

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Angelina Holmes 06 May 2014

Solitude is the most companionable companion.

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