Nature LXXXVI. a Lady red upon the hill (74) by Emily Dickinson A LADY red upon the hill Her annual secret keeps; A lady white within the field In placid lily sleeps! The tidy breezes with their brooms 1
On This Wondrous Sea by Emily Dickinson On this wondrous sea Sailing silently, Ho! Pilot, ho! Knowest thou the shore Where no breakers roar—
Life CXXXVI. I stepped from plank to plank (875) by Emily Dickinson I STEPPED from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea. I knew not but the next
‘Faithful to the End’ Amended by Emily Dickinson ‘Faithful to the end’ Amended From the Heavenly Clause - Constancy with a Proviso Constancy abhors - ‘Crowns of Life’ are servile Priz
I Met a King This Afternoon! by Emily Dickinson 166 I met a King this afternoon! He had not on a Crown indeed, A little Palmleaf Hat was all, And he was barefoot, I’m afraid!
Faith by Emily Dickinson ‘Faith’ is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see’— But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
Surgeons Must Be Very Careful by Emily Dickinson 108 Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the Culprit—Life!
It’s Like the Light,— by Emily Dickinson It’s like the light,— A fashionless delight It’s like the bee,— A dateless melody. It’s like the woods,
’Tis Little I’could Care for Pearls by Emily Dickinson 466 ’Tis little I’—could care for Pea Who own the ample sea’— Or Brooches’—when the Emperor’— With Rubies’—pelteth me’—
Judgment is justest by Emily Dickinson Judgment is justest When the Judged, His action laid away, Divested is of every Disk But his sincerity.