Drab Habitation of Whom?

893

Drab Habitation of Whom?
Tabernacle or Tomb—
Or Dome of Worm—
Or Porch of Gnome—
Or some Elf's Catacomb?

poem by Emily Dickinson
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Hope is a thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without words
And never stops at all.

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Where Ships of Purple—gently toss

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Where Ships of Purple—gently toss—
On Seas of Daffodil—
Fantastic Sailors—mingle—
And then—the Wharf is still!

poem by Emily Dickinson
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Not that We did, shall be the test

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Not that We did, shall be the test
When Act and Will are done
But what Our Lord infers We would
Had We diviner been—

poem by Emily Dickinson
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Love—is anterior to Life

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Love—is anterior to Life—
Posterior—to Death—
Initial of Creation, and
The Exponent of Earth—

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One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.

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Herein a Blossom lies

899

Herein a Blossom lies—
A Sepulchre, between—
Cross it, and overcome the Bee—
Remain—'tis but a Rind.

poem by Emily Dickinson
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Fame is the tine that Scholars leave

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Fame is the tine that Scholars leave
Upon their Setting Names—
The Iris not of Occident
That disappears as comes—

poem by Emily Dickinson
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The Dust behind I strove to join

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The Dust behind I strove to join
Unto the Disk before—
But Sequence ravelled out of Sound
Like Balls upon a Floor—

poem by Emily Dickinson
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A darting fear—a pomp—a tear

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A darting fear—a pomp—a tear—
A waking on a morn
To find that what one waked for,
Inhales the different dawn.

poem by Emily Dickinson
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