"Grant me, O Lord, a sunny mind-Thy windy will to bear!"
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Emily Dickinson quotes (page 15 of 26)
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"We trust in plumed procession For such the angels go Rank after rank, with even feet/And uniforms of snow."
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"The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend, - Or the most agonizing Spy - An Enemy - could send -"
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"There is no Silence in the Earth - so silent As that endured Which uttered, would discourage Nature And haunt the World."
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"The Loneliness One dare not sound -- And would as soon surmise AS in its Grave go plumbing To ascertain the size -- The Loneliness whose worst alarm Is lest itself should see -- And perish from before itself For just a scrutiny -- The Horror not to be surveyed -- But skirted in the Dark -- With Consciousness suspended -- And Being under Lock -- I fear me this -- is Loneliness -- The Maker of the soul Its Caverns and its Corridors Illuminate -- or seal"
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"The Truth never flaunted a sign."
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"'Tis sweet to know that stocks will stand When we with Daisies lie- That Commerce will continue- And Trades as briskly fly."
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"Had we less to say to those we love, perhaps we should say it oftener."
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"Home is the definition of God."
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"I am going to learn to make bread tomorrow. So if you may imagine me with my sleeves rolled up, mixing flour, milk, saleratus, etc., with a deal of grace. I advise you if you dont know how to make the staff of life to learn with dispatch."
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"Fearless--the cobweb swings from the ceiling-- Indolent Housewife--in Daisies--lain!"
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"All things do go a-courting, In earth, or sea, or air, God hath made nothing single But thee in His world so fair."
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"God's unique capacity is too surprising to surprise."
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"Spring is the Period Express from God."
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"The Brain - is wider than the Sky - For - put them side by side - The one the other will contain With ease - and You - beside - The Brain is deeper than the sea - For- hold them - Blue to Blue - The one the other will absorb - As Sponges - Buckets - do - The Brain is just the weight of God - For - Heft them - Pound for Pound - And they will differ - if they do - As Syllable from Sound."
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"The Pleading of the Summer - That other Prank - of Snow - That Cushions Mystery with Tulle, For fear the Squirrels - know."
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"Wonder is not precisely knowing."
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"Open your life wide, and take me in forever. I will never be tired-I will never be noisy when you want to be still...nobody else will see me, but you-but that is enough-I shall not want any more."
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"Hope . . . never stops at all."
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"The WILL is always near, dear, though the feet vary."
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