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
We turn not older with years but newer every day.
I felt it shelter to speak to you.
We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies.
Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth
Banish Air from Air Divide Light if you dare
That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
I dwell in possibility.
One need not be a chamber to be haunted.
Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.
The brain is wider than the sky.
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.