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An honest Tear
© Emily Dickinson
An honest Tear
Is durabler than Bronze --
This Cenotaph
May each that dies --
An altered look about the hills
© Emily Dickinson
An altered look about the hills --
A Tyrian light the village fills --
A wider sunrise in the morn --
A deeper twilight on the lawn --
Always Mine!
© Emily Dickinson
Always Mine!
No more Vacation!
Term of Light this Day begun!
Failless as the fair rotation
Of the Seasons and the Sun.
Alter! When the Hills do --
© Emily Dickinson
Alter! When the Hills do --
Falter! When the Sun
Question if His Glory
Be the Perfect One --
All these my banners be.
© Emily Dickinson
All these my banners be.
I sow my pageantry
In May --
It rises train by train --
After all Birds have been investigated and laid aside --
© Emily Dickinson
After all Birds have been investigated and laid aside --
Nature imparts the little Blue-Bird -- assured
Her conscientious Voice will soar unmoved
Above ostensible Vicissitude.
Afraid! Of whom am I afraid?
© Emily Dickinson
Afraid! Of whom am I afraid?
Not Death -- for who is He?
The Porter of my Father's Lodge
As much abasheth me!
A World made penniless by that departure
© Emily Dickinson
A World made penniless by that departure
Of minor fabrics begs
But sustenance is of the spirit
The Gods but Dregs
A Tooth upon Our Peace
© Emily Dickinson
A Tooth upon Our Peace
The Peace cannot deface --
Then Wherefore be the Tooth?
To vitalize the Grace --
A Thought went up my mind today --
© Emily Dickinson
A Thought went up my mind today --
That I have had before --
But did not finish -- some way back --
I could not fix the Year --
A single Screw of Flesh
© Emily Dickinson
A single Screw of Flesh
Is all that pins the Soul
That stands for Deity, to Mine,
Upon my side the Veil --
A shady friend -- for Torrid days
© Emily Dickinson
A shady friend -- for Torrid days --
Is easier to find --
Than one of higher temperature
For Frigid -- hour of Mind --
A Secret told
© Emily Dickinson
A Secret told --
Ceases to be a Secret -- then --
A Secret -- kept --
That -- can appal but One --
A Prison gets to be a friend --
© Emily Dickinson
A Prison gets to be a friend --
Between its Ponderous face
And Ours -- a Kinsmanship express --
And in its narrow Eyes --
A long -- long Sleep -- A famous -- Sleep --
© Emily Dickinson
A long -- long Sleep -- A famous -- Sleep --
That makes no show for Morn --
By Stretch of Limb -- or stir of Lid --
An independent One --
A little Snow was here and there
© Emily Dickinson
A little Snow was here and there
Disseminated in her Hair --
Since she and I had met and played
Decade had gathered to Decade --
A little Madness in the Spring
© Emily Dickinson
A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown --
Who ponders this tremendous scene --
This whole Experiment of Green --
As if it were his own!
A little East of Jordan,
© Emily Dickinson
A little East of Jordan,
Evangelists record,
A Gymnast and an Angel
Did wrestle long and hard --
