Emily Dickinson
American · 1830–1886
Reclusive American poet whose nearly 1,800 poems, unpublished in her lifetime, revolutionized poetry with their slant rhyme, unconventional punctuation, and compressed brilliance.
Wikipedia ↗“"Hope" is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul –”
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“I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too?”
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“Wild Nights – Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury!”
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“I dwell in Possibility – A fairer House than Prose –”
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“The Soul selects her own Society – Then – shuts the Door –”
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“Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me –”
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“Forever – is composed of Nows –”
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“If I can stop one Heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
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“That it will never come again Is what makes life so sweet.”
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“A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day.”
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“Tell all the truth but tell it slant –”
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