Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinsonwas an American poet. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life highly introverted. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a noted penchant for white clothing and became known for her reluctance to...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 December 1830
CityAmherst, MA
Wonder is not precisely knowing.
Spring's first conviction is a wealth beyond its whole experience.
How softly summer shuts, without the creaking of a door ...
Nothing more do I ask than to share with you the ecstasy and sacrament of my life.
In the name of the bee And of the butterfly And of the breeze, amen!
The Truth never flaunted a sign.
The dandelion's pallid tube Astonishes the grass, And winter instantly becomes An infinite alas.
Fearless--the cobweb swings from the ceiling-- Indolent Housewife--in Daisies--lain!
What Soft--Cherubic Creatures-- These Gentlewomen are-- One would as soon assault a Plush-- Or violate a Star
Enough is so vast a sweetness I suppose it never occurs.
If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me.
I . . . am small, like the wren, and my hair is bold like the chestnut burr; and my eyes like the sherry in the glass that the guest leaves.
I never saw a meme; I never saw the sea.
The steeples swam in amethyst, the news like squirrels swam.