Emily Dickinson Life Poems

731

"I want"—it pleaded—All its life—
I want—was chief it said
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816

A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
Who till they died, did not alive become—
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My life closed twice before its close--
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me
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601

A still—Volcano—Life—
That flickered in the night—
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Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,
Then I am ready to go!
Just a look at the horses --
Rapid! That will do!
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351

I felt my life with both my hands
To see if it was there—
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That only lasts an hour
How much — how little — is
Within our power
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My life had stood--a Loaded Gun--
In Corners--till a Day
The Owner passed--identified--
And carried Me away--
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806

A Planted Life—diversified
With Gold and Silver Pain
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I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
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698

Life—is what we make of it—
Death—we do not know—
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Each life converges to some centre
Expressed or still;
Exists in every human nature
A goal,
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853

When One has given up One's life
The parting with the rest
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724

It's easy to invent a Life—
God does it—every Day—
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917

Love—is anterior to Life—
Posterior—to Death—
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673

The Love a Life can show Below
Is but a filament, I know,
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366

Although I put away his life—
An Ornament too grand
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902

The first Day that I was a Life
I recollect it—How still—
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917

Love—is anterior to Life—
Posterior—to Death—
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858

This Chasm, Sweet, upon my life
I mention it to you,
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270

One Life of so much Consequence!
Yet I—for it—would pay—
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178

I cautious, scanned my little life—
I winnowed what would fade
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422

More Life—went out—when He went
Than Ordinary Breath—
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567

He gave away his Life—
To Us—Gigantic Sum—
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396

There is a Languor of the Life
More imminent than Pain—
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"I want"—it pleaded—All its life—
I want—was chief it said
When Skill entreated it—the last—
And when so newly dead—
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273

He put the Belt around my life
I heard the Buckle snap—
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