A daily poem from the complete works of Emily Dickinson.
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I know lives, I could miss
Without a Misery –
Others — whose instant’s wanting –
Would be Eternity –
The last — a scanty Number –
‘Twould scarcely fill a Two –
The first — a Gnat’s Horizon
Could easily outgrow –
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She lay as if at play
Her life had leaped away –
Intending to return –
But not so soon –
Her merry Arms, half dropt –
As if for lull of sport –
An instant had forgot –
The Trick to start –
Her dancing Eyes — ajar –
As if their Owner were
Still sparkling through
For fun — at you –
Her Morning at the door –
Devising, I am sure –
To force her sleep –
So light — so deep –
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It struck me — every Day –
The Lightning was as new
As if the Cloud that instant slit
And let the Fire through –
It burned Me — in the Night –
It Blistered to My Dream –
It sickened fresh upon my sight –
With every Morn that came –
I though that Storm — was brief –
The Maddest — quickest by –
But Nature lost the Date of This –
And left it in the Sky –
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I gained it so –
By Climbing slow –
By Catching at the Twigs that grow
Between the Bliss — and me –
It hung so high
As well the Sky
Attempt by Strategy –
I said I gained it –
This — was all –
Look, how I clutch it
Lest it fall –
And I a Pauper go –
Unfitted by an instant’s Grace
For the Contented — Beggar’s face
I wore — an hour ago –
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The difference between Despair
And Fear — is like the One
Between the instant of a Wreck
And when the Wreck has been –
The Mind is smooth — no Motion –
Contented as the Eye
Upon the Forehead of a Bust –
That knows — it cannot see –
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One Life of so much Consequence!
Yet I — for it — would pay –
My Soul’s entire income –
In ceaseless — salary –
One Pearl — to me — so signal –
That I would instant dive –
Although — I knew — to take it –
Would cost me — just a life!
The Sea is full — I know it!
That — does not blur my Gem!
It burns — distinct from all the row –
Intact — in Diadem!
The life is thick — I know it!
Yet — not so dense a crowd –
But Monarchs — are perceptible –
Far down the dustiest Road!
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