Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies. Emily Dickinson More Quotes by Emily Dickinson More Quotes From Emily Dickinson How very sad it is to have a confiding nature, one's hopes and feelings are quite at the mercy of all who come along; and how very desirable to be a stolid individual, whose hopes and aspirations are safe in one's waistcoat pocket, and that a pocket indeed, and one not to be picked! Emily Dickinson pockets safe feelings I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot my morning prayer or else it was irksome to me. One by one my old habits returned and I cared less for religion than ever. Emily Dickinson prayer christian morning I do not feel I could give up all for Christ, were I called to die. Emily Dickinson atheism giving-up christ Noon - is the Hinge of Day-. Emily Dickinson hinges noon The revery alone will do Emily Dickinson pollination dream bees By Chivalries as tiny, A Blossom, or a Book, The seeds of smiles are planted- Which Blossom in the dark. Emily Dickinson dark kindness book The abdication of Belief Emily Dickinson abdication behavior belief A light exists in Spring Emily Dickinson light spring years March is the month of expectation, Emily Dickinson expectations spring boys Spring is the Period Emily Dickinson april interviews spring An altered look about the hills; A Tyrian light the village fills; A wider sunrise in the dawn; A deeper twilight on the lawn; A print of a vermilion foot; A purple finger on the slope; A flippant fly upon the pane; A spider at his trade again; An added strut in chanticleer; A flower expected everywhere. Emily Dickinson flower twilight spring When everything that ticked has stopped, and space stares, all around, or grisly frosts, first autumn morns, repeal the beating ground. Emily Dickinson autumn space fall Besides the Autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days, A little this side of the snow, And that side of the Haze..., Grant me, Oh Lord, a sunny mind- Thy windy will to bear! Emily Dickinson autumn snow fall Beauty is not caused, it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides. Emily Dickinson cease spirituality spiritual Here is a little forest Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has been; In its unfading flowers I hear the bright bee hum; Prithee, my brother, Into my garden come! Emily Dickinson flower brother time I wonder if it hurts to live, And if they have to try, And whether, could they choose between, They would not rather die. Emily Dickinson hurt wonder trying Pain - has an Element of Blank It cannot recollect When it begun - or if there were a time when it was not - It has no Future - but itself - Its Infinite contain Its Past - enlightened to perceive New Periods - of Pain. Emily Dickinson elements pain past I started early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me Emily Dickinson mermaid dog sea We dream — it is good we are dreaming — It would hurt us — were we awake — But since it is playing — kill us, And we are playing — shriek — What harm? Men die — externally — It is a truth — of Blood — But we — are dying in Drama — And Drama — is never dead — Cautious — We jar each other — And either — open the eyes — Lest the Phantasm — prove the Mistake — And the livid Surprise Cool us to Shafts of Granite — With just an Age — and Name — And perhaps a phrase in Egyptian — It's prudenter — to dream — Emily Dickinson hurt dream drama I HIDE myself within my flower That wearing on your breast, You, unsuspecting, wear me too - And angels know the rest. I hide myself within my flower, That, fading from your vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me Almost a loneliness. Emily Dickinson angel loneliness flower
