Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

The Mystery Of Pain

Pain has an element of blank;It cannot recollectWhen it began, or if there wereA day when it was not.It has no future but itself,Its infinite realms..

© Emily Dickinson

Without This—there Is Nought

655Without this—there is nought—All other Riches beAs is the Twitter of a Bird—Heard opposite the Sea—I could not care—to gainA lesser than the..

© Emily Dickinson

Water Makes Many Beds

Water makes many BedsFor those averse to sleep -Its awful chamber open stands -Its Curtains blandly sweep -Abhorrent is the RestIn undulating..

© Emily Dickinson

Pain Has An Element Of Blank

Pain has an element of blank;It cannot recollectWhen it began, or if there wereA day when it was not.It has no future but itself,Its infinite realms..

© Emily Dickinson

Tie The Strings To My Life, My Lord

Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,Then I am ready to go!Just a look at the horses --Rapid! That will do!Put me in on the firmest side,So I shall..

© Emily Dickinson

The Loneliness One Dare Not Sound

777The Loneliness One dare not sound—And would as soon surmiseAs in its Grave go plumbingTo ascertain the size—The Loneliness whose worst alarmIs..

© Emily Dickinson

To Fill A Gap

546To fill a GapInsert the Thing that caused it—Block it upWith Other—and 'twill yawn the more—You cannot solder an AbyssWith Air.

© Emily Dickinson

Her Final Summer Was It

Her final summer was it,And yet we guessed it not;If tenderer industriousnessPervaded her, we thoughtA further force of lifeDeveloped from..

© Emily Dickinson

The Rainbow Never Tells Me

97The rainbow never tells meThat gust and storm are by,Yet is she more convincingThan Philosophy.My flowers turn from Forums—Yet eloquent declareWhat..

© Emily Dickinson

Some Rainbow—coming From The Fair!

64Some Rainbow—coming from the Fair!Some Vision of the World Cashmere—I confidently see!Or else a Peacock's purple TrainFeather by feather—on the..

© Emily Dickinson

There Came A Wind Like A Bugle

There cam a Wind like a Bugle -It quivered through the GrassAnd a Green Chill upon the HeatSo ominous did passWe barred the Windows and the DoorsAs..

© Emily Dickinson

Rest At Night

714Rest at NightThe Sun from shining,Nature—and some Men—Rest at Noon—some Men—While NatureAnd the Sun—go on—

© Emily Dickinson

I Have A Bird In Spring

5I have a Bird in springWhich for myself doth sing—The spring decoys.And as the summer nears—And as the Rose appears,Robin is gone.Yet do I not..

© Emily Dickinson

I'M "Wife"&Mdash;I'Ve Finished That

199I'm "wife"—I've finished that—That other state—I'm Czar—I'm "Woman" now—It's safer so—How odd the Girl's life looksBehind this soft Eclipse—I..

© Emily Dickinson

There Is A Pain—so Utter

599There is a pain—so utter—It swallows substance up—Then covers the Abyss with Trance—So Memory can stepAround—across—upon it—As one within a..

© Emily Dickinson

I Had Been Hungry All The Years

I had been hungry all the years-My noon had come, to dine-I, trembling, drew the table nearAnd touched the curious wine.'T was this on tables I had..

© Emily Dickinson

The Soul Has Bandaged Moments

512The Soul has Bandaged moments—When too appalled to stir—She feels some ghastly Fright come upAnd stop to look at her—Salute her—with long..

© Emily Dickinson

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

3"Sic transit gloria mundi,""How doth the busy bee,""Dum vivimus vivamus,"I stay mine enemy!Oh "veni, vidi, vici!"Oh caput cap-a-pie!And oh "memento..

© Emily Dickinson

The Definition Of Beauty Is

988The Definition of Beauty isThat Definition is none—Of Heaven, easing Analysis,Since Heaven and He are one.

© Emily Dickinson

Safe In Their Alabaster Chambers

Safe in their alabaster chambers,Untouched by morning and untouched by noon,Sleep the meek members of the resurrection,Rafter of satin, and roof of..

© Emily Dickinson

Nature And God—i Neither Knew

835Nature and God—I neither knewYet Both so well knew meThey startled, like ExecutorsOf My identity.Yet Neither told—that I could learn—My Secret as..

© Emily Dickinson

If The Foolish, Call Them "Flowers"

168If the foolish, call them "flowers"—Need the wiser, tell?If the Savants "Classify" themIt is just as well!Those who read the "Revelations"Must not..

© Emily Dickinson

Her Breast Is Fit For Pearls

84Her breast is fit for pearls,But I was not a "Diver"—Her brow is fit for thronesBut I have not a crest.Her heart is fit for home—I—a Sparrow—build..

© Emily Dickinson

I See Thee Better—in The Dark

I see thee better—in the Dark—I do not need a Light—The Love of Thee—a Prism be—Excelling Violet—I see thee better for the YearsThat hunch themselves..

© Emily Dickinson

Unto Like Story—trouble Has Enticed Me

295Unto like Story—Trouble has enticed me—How Kinsmen fell—Brothers and Sister—who preferred the Glory—And their young willBent to the Scaffold, or..

© Emily Dickinson