Between My Country—and the Others

Between My Country—and the Others—
There is a Sea—
But Flowers—negotiate between us—
As Ministry.

poem by Emily Dickinson
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Faith

"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.

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Love—is anterior to Life

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Love—is anterior to Life—
Posterior—to Death—
Initial of Creation, and
The Exponent of Earth—

poem by Emily Dickinson
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Least Bee that brew

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Least Bee that brew—
A Honey's Weight
Content Her smallest fraction help
The Amber Quantity—

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The Gleam of an Heroic Act

The gleam of an heroic Act
Such strange illumination
The Possible’s slow fuse is lit
By the Imagination.

poem by Emily Dickinson (1687)
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I would distil a cup

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I would distil a cup,
And bear to all my friends,
Drinking to her no more astir,
By beck, or burn, or moor!

poem by Emily Dickinson
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How well I knew Her not

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How well I knew Her not
Whom not to know has been
A Bounty in prospective, now
Next Door to mine the Pain.

poem by Emily Dickinson
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Artists wrestled here!

110

Artists wrestled here!
Lo, a tint Cashmere!
Lo, a Rose!
Student of the Year!
For the easel here
Say Repose!

poem by Emily Dickinson
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Could—I do more—for Thee

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Could—I do more—for Thee—
Wert Thou a Bumble Bee—
Since for the Queen, have I—
Nought but Bouquet?

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Triumph—may be of several kinds

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Triumph—may be of several kinds—
There's Triumph in the Room
When that Old Imperator—Death—
By Faith

poem by Emily Dickinson
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