Angels, in the Early Morning, by Emily Dickinson

Angels, in the Early Morning

Angels, in the early morning

May be seen the Dews among,

Stooping—plucking—smiling&m dash;flying—

Do the Buds to them belong?

Angels, when the sun is hottest

May be seen the sands among,

Stooping—plucking—sighing&m dash;flying—

Parched the flowers they bear along.

847 Finite’—to fail, but infinite to… For the one ship that struts the s… Many’s the gallant’—overwhelmed C… Nodding in Navies nevermore’—

895 A Cloud withdrew from the Sky Superior Glory be But that Cloud and its Auxiliarie… Are forever lost to me

394 ’Twas Love’—not me’— Oh punish’—pray’— The Real one died for Thee’— Just Him’—not me’—

506 He touched me, so I live to know That such a day, permitted so, I groped upon his breast— It was a boundless place to me

532 I tried to think a lonelier Thing Than any I had seen— Some Polar Expiation—An Omen in… Of Death’s tremendous nearness—

Death sets a thing significant The eye had hurried by, Except a perished creature Entreat us tenderly To ponder little workmanships

Volcanoes be in Sicily And South America I judge from my Geography - Volcanos nearer here A Lava step at any time

961 Wert Thou but ill—that I might sh… How long a Day I could endure Though thine attention stop not on… Nor the least signal, Me assure—

A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew

906 The Admirations—and Contempts—of… Show justest—through an Open Tomb… The Dying—as it were a Height Reorganizes Estimate

Let me not mar that perfect Dream By an Auroral stain But so adjust my daily Night That it will come again. Not when we know, the Power accos…

814 One Day is there of the Series Termed Thanksgiving Day. Celebrated part at Table Part in Memory.

XLV DELIGHT becomes pictorial When viewed through pain,— More fair, because impossible That any gain.

XIX I STARTED early, took my dog, And visited the sea; The mermaids in the basement Came out to look at me,

862 Light is sufficient to itself— If Others want to see It can be had on Window Panes Some Hours in the Day.