Sunset at Night—is natural, by Emily Dickinson

I heard a fly buzz when I died; The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in the air Between the heaves of storm. The eyes beside had wrung them dry…

A Burdock—clawed my Gown—

229 A Burdock—clawed my Gown— Not Burdock’s—blame— But mine— Who went too near

Savior! I’Ve No One Else to Tell

217 Savior! I’ve no one else to tell— And so I trouble thee. I am the one forgot thee so— Dost thou remember me?

The inundation of the Spring

The inundation of the Spring Enlarges every soul - It sweeps the tenement away But leaves the Water whole - In which the soul at first estrang…

He Outstripped Time With But a Bout

865 He outstripped Time with but a Bo… He outstripped Stars and Sun And then, unjaded, challenged God In presence of the Throne.

My Wheel Is in the Dark

10 My wheel is in the dark! I cannot see a spoke Yet know its dripping feet Go round and round.

The Soul Selects Her Own Society

The Soul selects her own Society— Then—shuts the Door— To her divine Majority— Present no more— Unmoved—she notes the Chariots—pa…

As Sleigh Bells Seem in Summer

981 As Sleigh Bells seem in summer Or Bees, at Christmas show— So fairy—so fictitious The individuals do

Unit, Like Death, for Whom?

408 Unit, like Death, for Whom? True, like the Tomb, Who tells no secret Told to Him—

I Have No Life But This

I have no life but this, To lead it here; Nor any death, but lest Dispelled from there; Nor tie to earths to come,

So glad we are—a Stranger’d deem

329 So glad we are—a Stranger’d deem ’Twas sorry, that we were— For where the Holiday should be There publishes a Tear—

Bird

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

Emily Dickinson

Sunset at Night—is natural

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