The Difference Between Despair, por Emily Dickinson

The Difference Between Despair

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The difference between Despair

And Fear—is like the One

Between the instant of a Wreck

And when the Wreck has been—

The Mind is smooth—no Motion—

Contented as the Eye

Upon the Forehead of a Bust—

That knows—it cannot see—

672 The Future—never spoke— Nor will He—like the Dumb— Reveal by sign—a syllable Of His Profound To Come—

186 What shall I do—it whimpers so— This little Hound within the Hear… All day and night with bark and st… And yet, it will not go—

649 Her Sweet turn to leave the Homes… Came the Darker Way— Carriages—Be Sure—and Guests—too… But for Holiday

There is another Loneliness That many die without - Not want of friend occasions it Or circumstances of Lot But nature, sometimes, sometimes t…

XIII THE soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.

Love—is that later Thing than Dea… More previous—than Life— Confirms it at its entrance—And Usurps it—of itself— Tastes Death—the first—to hand th…

569 I reckon—when I count at all— First—Poets—Then the Sun— Then Summer—Then the Heaven of G… And then—the List is done—

401 What Soft—Cherubic Creatures— These Gentlewomen are— One would as soon assault a Plush… Or violate a Star—

546 To fill a Gap Insert the Thing that caused it— Block it up With Other—and 'twill yawn the mo…

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

426 It don't sound so terrible—quite—a… I run it over—"Dead", Brain, "De… Put it in Latin—left of my school… Seems it don't shriek so—under rul…

882 A Shade upon the mind there passe… As when on Noon A Cloud the mighty Sun encloses Remembering

All men for Honor hardest work But are not known to earn - Paid after they have ceased to wor… In Infamy or Urn -

LVI Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency!

1545 The Bible is an antique Volume— Written by faded men At the suggestion of Holy Spectre… Subjects—Bethlehem&mdash ;