Emily Dickinson

A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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The sun just touched the morning; The morning, happy thing, Supposed that he had come to dwell, And life would be all spring. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#spring #sun #life

tell all the truth but tell it slant ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#life

I like the look of agony, because I know it's true ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#posthumous #nature

Did the harebell loose her girdle To the lover bee, Would the bee the harebell hallow Much as formerly? ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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Look back on Time, with kindly eyes - He doubtless did his best - How softly sinks that trembling sun In Human Nature's West - ↗

— Emily Dickinson

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We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#believe #believing #doubt #faith #poem

Susie, what shall I do - there is'nt room enough; not half enough, to hold what I was going to say. Wont you tell the man who makes sheets of paper, that I hav'nt the slightest respect for him! ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#letter-writing #respect

Beauty crowds me till I die, Beauty, mercy have on me! But if I expire today, Let it be in sight of thee ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#poetry #beauty

Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#faith #trust #faith