To my Quick Ear the Leaves Conferred;, por Emily Dickinson

To my Quick Ear the Leaves Conferred;

To my quick ear the leaves conferred;

The bushes they were bells;

I could not find a privacy

From Nature’s sentinels.

In cave if I presumed to hide,

The walls began to tell;

Creation seemed a mighty crack

To make me visible.

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86 South Winds jostle them— Bumblebees come— Hover—hesitate— Dri nk, and are gone—

671 She dwelleth in the Ground— Where Daffodils—abide— Her Maker—Her Metropolis— The Universe—Her Maid—

145 This heart that broke so long— These feet that never flagged— This faith that watched for star i… Give gently to the dead—

My cocoon tightens, colors tease, I’m feeling for the air; A dim capacity for wings Degrades the dress I wear. A power of butterfly must be

476 I meant to have but modest needs— Such as Content—and Heaven— Within my income—these could lie And Life and I—keep even—

682 ‘Twould ease—a Butterfly— Elate—a Bee— Thou’rt neither— Neither—thy capacity—

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

Glory is that bright tragic thing That for an instant Means Dominion - Warms some poor name That never felt the Sun,

51 I often passed the village When going home from school— And wondered what they did there— And why it was so still—

171 Wait till the Majesty of Death Invests so mean a brow! Almost a powdered Footman Might dare to touch it now!

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

150 She died—this was the way she died… And when her breath was done Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun—

699 The Judge is like the Owl— I’ve heard my Father tell— And Owls do build in Oaks— So here’s an Amber Sill—

A drop fell on the apple tree, Another on the roof; A half a dozen kissed the eaves, And made the gables laugh. A few went out to help the brook,

9 Through lane it lay—through brambl… Through clearing and through wood— Banditti often passed us Upon the lonely road.