All Poems
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Where Thou art -- that -- is Home --
© Emily Dickinson
Where Thou art -- that -- is Home --
Cashmere -- or Calvary -- the same --
Degree -- or Shame --
I scarce esteem Location's Name --
So I may Come --
Where Roses would not dare to go,
© Emily Dickinson
Where Roses would not dare to go,
What Heart would risk the way --
And so I send my Crimson Scouts
To sound the Enemy --
Where every bird is bold to go
© Emily Dickinson
Where every bird is bold to go
And bees abashless play,
The foreigner before he knocks
Must thrust the tears away.
When we stand on the tops of Things
© Emily Dickinson
When we stand on the tops of Things --
And like the Trees, look down --
The smoke all cleared away from it --
And Mirrors on the scene --
When we have ceased to care
© Emily Dickinson
When we have ceased to care
The Gift is given
For which we gave the Earth
And mortgaged Heaven
When they come back -- if Blossoms do --
© Emily Dickinson
When they come back -- if Blossoms do --
I always feel a doubt
If Blossoms can be born again
When once the Art is out --
When the Astronomer stops seeking
© Emily Dickinson
When the Astronomer stops seeking
For his Pleiad's Face --
When the lone British Lady
Forsakes the Arctic Race
When One has given up One's life
© Emily Dickinson
When One has given up One's life
The parting with the rest
Feels easy, as when Day lets go
Entirely the West
When Night is almost done
© Emily Dickinson
When Night is almost done --
And Sunrise grows so near
That we can touch the Spaces --
It's time to smooth the Hair --
When Memory is full
© Emily Dickinson
When Memory is full
Put on the perfect Lid --
This Morning's finest syllable
Presumptuous Evening said --
When I was small, a Woman died --
© Emily Dickinson
When I was small, a Woman died --
Today -- her Only Boy
Went up from the Potomac --
His face all Victory
When I hoped, I recollect
© Emily Dickinson
When I hoped, I recollect
Just the place I stood --
At a Window facing West --
Roughest Air -- was good --
When I hoped I feared --
© Emily Dickinson
When I hoped I feared --
Since I hoped I dared
Everywhere alone
As a Church remain --
When I have seen the Sun emerge
© Emily Dickinson
When I have seen the Sun emerge
From His amazing House --
And leave a Day at every Door
A Deed, in every place --
When Etna basks and purrs
© Emily Dickinson
When Etna basks and purrs
Naples is more afraid
Than when she show her Garnet Tooth --
Security is loud --
When Diamonds are a Legend,
© Emily Dickinson
When Diamonds are a Legend,
And Diadems -- a Tale --
I Brooch and Earrings for Myself,
Do sow, and Raise for sale --
When Bells stop ringing -- Church -- begins
© Emily Dickinson
When Bells stop ringing -- Church -- begins
The Positive -- of Bells --
When Cogs -- stop -- that's Circumference --
The Ultimate -- of Wheels.
When a Lover is a Beggar
© Emily Dickinson
When a Lover is a Beggar
Abject is his Knee --
When a Lover is an Owner
Different is he --
Whatever it is -- she has tried it --
© Emily Dickinson
Whatever it is -- she has tried it --
Awful Father of Love --
Is not Ours the chastising --
Do not chastise the Dove --
What would I give to see his face?
© Emily Dickinson
Then I have "shares" in Primrose "Banks" --
Daffodil Dowries -- spicy "Stocks" --
Dominions -- broad as Dew --
Bags of Doublons -- adventurous Bees
Brought me -- from firmamental seas --
And Purple -- from Peru --
