Emily Dickinson

Poet

Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet known for her innovative and introspective poems that delve into themes of death, nature, and identity.

Born
December 10, 1830
Died
May 15, 1886
Quotes
513
Rank
#48

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"The words the happy say Are paltry melody But those the silent feel Are beautiful-."

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"The vastest earthly Day Is shrunken small By one Defaulting Face Behind a Pall."

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"A Toad, can die of Light - Death is the Common Right Of Toads and Men"

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"The mountain at a given distance In amber lies; Approached, the amber flits a little,-- And that's the skies!"

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"IMMORTAL is an ample word When what we need is by, But when it leaves us for a time, 'Tis a necessity."

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"The Morning after Woe- Tis frequently the Way- Surpasses all that rose before- For utter Jubilee-."

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"I dwell in possiblities."

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"Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun - if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one."

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"The Heart asks Pleasure--first-- And then--Excuse from Pain"

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"Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide."

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"The spreading wide my narrow Hands / To gather Paradise-."

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"I cannot live with you, It would be life, And life is over there Behind the shelf"

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"You ask of my companions. Hills, sir, and the sundown, and a dog as large as myself."

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