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Emily Dickinson - For every Bird a Nest
2023-12-06For every Bird a Nest --Wherefore in timid questSome little Wren goes seeking round --Wherefore when boughs are free --Households in every tree --Pilg...
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She bore it till the simple veinsTraced azure on her hand --Til pleading, round her quiet eyesThe purple Crayons stand.Till Daffodils had come and gon...
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This heart that broke so long --These feet that never flagged --This faith that watched for star in vain,Give gently to the dead --Hound cannot overta...
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On such a night, or such a night,
2023-12-06On such a night, or such a night,Would anybody careIf such a little figureSlipped quiet from its chair --So quiet -- Oh how quiet,That nobody might kn...
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Bless God, he went as soldiers,
2023-12-06Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast --Grant God, he charge the bravestOf all the martial blest!Please God, might I behold himIn ep...
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All overgrown by cunning moss,All interspersed with weed,The little cage of "Currer Bell"In quiet "Haworth" laid.Gathered from man...
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She went as quiet as the Dew
2023-12-06She went as quiet as the DewFrom an Accustomed flower.Not like the Dew, did she returnAt the Accustomed hour!She dropt as softly as a starFrom out my ...
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She died -- this was the way she died.
2023-12-06She died -- this was the way she died.And when her breath was doneTook up her simple wardrobeAnd started for the sun.Her little figure at the gateThe ...
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Emily Dickinson - Mute thy Coronation
2023-12-06Mute thy Coronation --Meek my Vive le roi,Fold a tiny courtierIn thine Ermine, Sir,There to rest reveringTill the pageant by,I can murmur broken,Maste...
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The Sun kept stooping -- stooping -- low!The Hills to meet him rose!On his side, what Transaction!On their side, what Repose!Deeper and deeper grew th...