When Diamonds Are a Legend, di Emily Dickinson

When Diamonds Are a Legend

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When Diamonds are a Legend,

And Diadems—a Tale—

I Brooch and Earrings for Myself,

Do sow, and Raise for sale—

And tho’ I’m scarce accounted,

My Art, a Summer Day—had Patrons—

Once—it was a Queen—

And once—a Butterfly—

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

492 Civilization—spurns—the Leopard! Was the Leopard—bold? Deserts—never rebuked her Satin— Ethiop—her Gold—

406 Some’—Work for Immortality’— The Chiefer part, for Time’— He’—Compensates’—immediately’— The former’—Checks’—on Fame’—

His bill an auger is, His head, a cap and frill. He laboreth at every tree,— A worm his utmost goal.

832 Soto! Explore thyself! Therein thyself shalt find The “Undiscovered Continent”— No Settler had the Mind.

Not Sickness stains the Brave, Nor any Dart, Nor Doubt of Scene to come, But an adjourning Heart -

553 One Crucifixion is recorded—only— How many be Is not affirmed of Mathematics— Or History—

28 So has a Daisy vanished From the fields today— So tiptoed many a slipper To Paradise away—

Not with a club, the Heart is bro… Nor with a stone; A whip, so small you could not see… I’ve known To lash the magic creature

LXXXVIII HEAVEN is what I cannot reach! The apple on the tree, Provided it do hopeless hang, That “heaven” is, to me.

I found the phrase to every though… I ever had, but one; And that defies me,—as a hand Did try to chalk the sun To races nurtured in the dark;—

191 The Skies can’t keep their secret… They tell it to the Hills— The Hills just tell the Orchards— And they—the Daffodils!

639 My Portion is Defeat—today— A paler luck than Victory— Less Paeans—fewer Bells— The Drums don’t follow Me—with tu…

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

853 When One has given up One’s life The parting with the rest Feels easy, as when Day lets go Entirely the West