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Count not that far that can be had,
© Emily Dickinson
Count not that far that can be had,
Though sunset lie between --
Nor that adjacent, that beside,
Is further than the sun.
Could that sweet Darkness where they dwell
© Emily Dickinson
Could that sweet Darkness where they dwell
Be once disclosed to us
The clamor for their loveliness
Would burst the Loneliness --
Could mortal lip divine
© Emily Dickinson
Could mortal lip divine
The undeveloped Freight
Of a delivered syllable
'Twould crumble with the weight.
Could I but ride indefinite
© Emily Dickinson
Could I but ride indefinite
As doth the Meadow Bee
And visit only where I liked
And No one visit me
Could I -- then -- shut the door
© Emily Dickinson
Could I -- then -- shut the door --
Lest my beseeching face -- at last --
Rejected -- be -- of Her?
Could -- I do more -- for Thee
© Emily Dickinson
Could -- I do more -- for Thee --
Wert Thou a Bumble Bee --
Since for the Queen, have I --
Nought but Bouquet?
Cosmopolities without a plea
© Emily Dickinson
Cosmopolities without a plea
Alight in every Land
The compliments of Paradise
From those within my Hand
Contained in this short Life
© Emily Dickinson
Contained in this short Life
Are magical extents
The soul returning soft at night
To steal securer thence
Consulting summer's clock,
© Emily Dickinson
Consulting summer's clock,
But half the hours remain.
I ascertain it with a shock --
I shall not look again.
Conscious am I in my Chamber,
© Emily Dickinson
Conscious am I in my Chamber,
Of a shapeless friend --
He doth not attest by Posture --
Nor Confirm -- by Word --
Conjecturing a Climate
© Emily Dickinson
Conjecturing a Climate
Of unsuspended Suns --
Adds poignancy to Winter --
The Shivering Fancy turns
Confirming All who analyze
© Emily Dickinson
Confirming All who analyze
In the Opinion fair
That Eloquence is when the Heart
Has not a Voice to spare --
Come slowly -- Eden!
© Emily Dickinson
Come slowly -- Eden!
Lips unused to Thee --
Bashful -- sip thy Jessamines --
As the fainting Bee --
Come show thy Durham Breast
© Emily Dickinson
Come show thy Durham Breast
To her who loves thee best,
Delicious Robin --
And if it be not me
Color -- Caste -- Denomination --
© Emily Dickinson
Color -- Caste -- Denomination --
These -- are Time's Affair --
Death's diviner Classifying
Does not know they are --
Climbing to reach the costly Hearts
© Emily Dickinson
Climbing to reach the costly Hearts
To which he gave the worth,
He broke them, fearing punishment
He ran away from Earth --
Civilization -- spurns -- the Leopard!
© Emily Dickinson
Pity -- the Pard -- that left her Asia --
Memories -- of Palm --
Cannot be stifled -- with Narcotic --
Nor suppressed -- with Balm --
Candor -- my tepid friend --
© Emily Dickinson
Candor -- my tepid friend --
Come not to play with me --
The Myrrhs, and Mochas, of the Mind
Are its iniquity --
By my Window have I for Scenery
© Emily Dickinson
By my Window have I for Scenery
Just a Sea -- with a Stem --
If the Bird and the Farmer -- deem it a "Pine" --
The Opinion will serve -- for them --
By homely gift and hindered Words
© Emily Dickinson
By homely gift and hindered Words
The human heart is told
Of Nothing --
"Nothing" is the force
That renovates the World --
