Poems begining by Y
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You see I cannot see -- your lifetime
© Emily Dickinson
You see I cannot see -- your lifetime --
I must guess --
How many times it ache for me -- today -- Confess --
How many times for my far sake
You said that I "was Great" -- one Day --
© Emily Dickinson
You said that I "was Great" -- one Day --
Then "Great" it be -- if that please Thee --
Or Small -- or any size at all --
Nay -- I'm the size suit Thee --
You love the Lord -- you cannot see
© Emily Dickinson
You love the Lord -- you cannot see --
You write Him -- every day --
A little note -- when you awake --
And further in the Day.
You know that Portrait in the Moon --
© Emily Dickinson
You know that Portrait in the Moon --
So tell me who 'tis like --
The very Brow -- the stooping eyes --
A fog for -- Say -- Whose Sake?
You constituted Time --
© Emily Dickinson
You constituted Time --
I deemed Eternity
A Revelation of Yourself --
'Twas therefore Deity
You cannot take itself
© Emily Dickinson
You cannot take itself
From any Human soul --
That indestructible estate
Enable him to dwell --
You cannot make Remembrance grow
© Emily Dickinson
You cannot make Remembrance grow
When it has lost its Root --
The tightening the Soil around
And setting it upright
Yesterday is History,
© Emily Dickinson
Yesterday is History,
'Tis so far away --
Yesterday is Poetry --
'Tis Philosophy --
You left me -- Sire -- two Legacies --
© Emily Dickinson
You left me -- Sire -- two Legacies --
A Legacy of Love
A Heavenly Father would suffice
Had He the offer of --
You cannot put a Fire out --
© Emily Dickinson
You cannot put a Fire out --
A Thing that can ignite
Can go, itself, without a Fan --
Upon the slowest Night --
You love me -- you are sure
© Emily Dickinson
I need not start -- you're sure --
That night will never be --
When frightened -- home to Thee I run --
To find the windows dark --
And no more Dollie -- mark --
Quite none?
