Never for Society, by Emily Dickinson

‘T was just this time last year I… I know I heard the corn, When I was carried by the farms,— It had the tassels on. I thought how yellow it would look

Did You Ever Stand in a Cavern’s Mouth

590 Did you ever stand in a Cavern’s… Widths out of the Sun— And look—and shudder, and block yo… And deem to be alone

All Overgrown by Cunning Moss

148 All overgrown by cunning moss, All interspersed with weed, The little cage of “Currer Bell” In quiet “Haworth” laid.

I Watched the Moon Around the House (629)

I watched the Moon around the Hou… Until upon a Pane— She stopped—a Traveller’s privile… And there upon I gazed—as at a stranger—

Said Death to Passion

Said Death to Passion ‘Give of thine an Acre unto me.’ Said Passion, through contracting… ‘A Thousand Times Thee Nay.’ Bore Death from Passion

If I Shouldn’T Be Alive

182 If I shouldn’t be alive When the Robins come, Give the one in Red Cravat, A Memorial crumb.

I never felt at Home–Below–

413 I never felt at Home–Below– And in the Handsome Skies I shall not feel at Home–I know– I don’t like Paradise–

She died – this was the way she died.

150 She died—this was the way she died… And when her breath was done Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun—

Not “Revelation”—'tis—that waits,

685 Not “Revelation”—'tis—that waits, But our unfurnished eyes—

Witchcraft Was Hung, in History

’Twas such a little—little boat That toddled down the bay! ’Twas such a gallant—gallant sea That beckoned it away! ’Twas such a greedy, greedy wave

Baffled for Just a Day Or Two

17 Baffled for just a day or two— Embarrassed—not afraid— Encounter in my garden An unexpected Maid.

Emily Dickinson

Never for Society

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