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
I found the phrase to every thoughtI ever had, but one;And that defies me,-as a handDid try to chalk the sun.
I dwell in Possibility --/ A fairer House than Prose --/ More numerous of Windows --/ Superior --for Doors --.
Nods from the Gilded pointers --/ Nods from the Seconds slim --/ Decades of Arrogance between/ The Dial life --/ And Him --
Much Madness is divinest Sense - To a discerning Eye - Much Sense - the starkest Madness
One need not be a chamber to be haunted; / One need not be a house; /The brain has corridors surpassing / Material place.
Luck is not chance, it is toil. Fortune is expensive smile is earned.
What fortitude the Soul contains, / That it can so endure / The accent of a coming Foot-- / The opening of a Door.
Without suspecting our abode until we drive away.
There came a wind like a bugle; / It quivered through the grass.
Truth is such a rare thing, it is a delight to tell it.
Experiment to me Is every one I meet If it contain a Kernel? The Figure of a Nut Presents upon a Tree Equally plausibly, But Meat within, is requisite To Squirrels, and to Me
Faith is a fine invention when Gentleman can see - but microscopes are prudent in an emergency
Faith is a fine invention when Gentleman can see -- but microscopes are prudent in an emergency
never let anyone let make you feel inferior without your consent