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
Such is the force of Happiness-- The Least can lift a ton Assisted by its stimulus.
Elysium is as far as to The very nearest room, If in that room a friend await Felicity of doom.
To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly.
For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy.
People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode until we drive away.
Where thou art, that is home.
They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
Forever is composed of nows.
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
When I sound the fairy call, gather here in silent meeiing,Chin to knee on the orchard wall, cooled with dew and cherries eating.Merry, merry, take a cherry, mine are sounder, mine are rounder,Mine are sweeter for the eater, when the dews fall, and you'll be fairies all.
Anger as soon as fed is dead - 'Tis starving that makes it fat
Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode, until we drive away