We Miss Her, Not Because We See, par Emily Dickinson

We Miss Her, Not Because We See

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We miss Her, not because We see—

The Absence of an Eye—

Except its Mind accompany

Abridge Society

As slightly as the Routes of Stars—

Ourselves—asleep below—

We know that their superior Eyes

Include Us—as they go—

180 As if some little Arctic flower Upon the polar hem— Went wandering down the Latitudes Until it puzzled came

746 Never for Society He shall seek in vain— Who His own acquaintance Cultivate—Of Men

We like March, his shoes are purp… He is new and high; Makes he mud for dog and peddler, Makes he forest dry; Knows the adder’s tongue his comin…

106 The Daisy follows soft the Sun— And when his golden walk is done— Sits shyly at his feet— He—waking—finds the flower there—

263 Is all that pins the Soul That stands for Deity, to Mine, Upon my side the Veil— Once witnessed of the Gauze—

466 ’Tis little I—could care for Pear… Who own the ample sea— Or Brooches—when the Emperor— With Rubies—pelteth me—

893 Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb— Or Dome of Worm— Or Porch of Gnome—

27 Morns like these—we parted— Noons like these—she rose— Fluttering first—then firmer To her fair repose.

The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more. Unmoved, she notes the chariot’s p…

705 Suspense—is Hostiler than Death— Death—tho’soever Broad, Is just Death, and cannot increas… Suspense—does not conclude –

Declaiming Waters none may dread… But Waters that are still Are so for that most fatal cause In Nature– they are full –

568 We learned the Whole of Love— The Alphabet—the Words— A Chapter—then the mighty Book— Then—Revelation closed—

There comes a warning like a spy A shorter breath of Day A stealing that is not a stealth And Summers are away

128 Bring me the sunset in a cup, Reckon the morning’s flagons up And say how many Dew, Tell me how far the morning leaps—

378 I saw no Way—The Heavens were st… I felt the Columns close— The Earth reversed her Hemisphere… I touched the Universe—