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41 " The Soul selects her own Society—Then—shuts the Door—To her divine Majority—Present no more—Unmoved—she notes the Chariots—pausing—At her low Gate—Unmoved—an Emperor be kneelingUpon her Mat—I've known her—from an ample nation—Choose One—Then—close the Valves of her attention—Like Stone— "
― Emily Dickinson , Selected Poems
42 " I stepped from Plank to PlankSo slow and cautiouslyThe Stars about my Head I felt,About my Feet the Sea.I knew not but the nextWould be my final inch —This gave me that precarious GaitSome call Experience. "
― Emily Dickinson , The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
43 " This is the Hour of Lead – Remembered, if outlived, As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow – First – Chill – then Stupor – then the letting go – "
44 " To see the Summer SkyIs Poetry, though never in a Book it lie—True Poems flee— "
45 " Much Madness is Divinest Sense, to a Discerning Eye.... "
― Emily Dickinson
46 " If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. "
47 " Success is counted sweetest by those ne'er succeed. "
48 " The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry damsel, and heaven a knight so true,And Earth is quite coquettish, and beseemeth in vain to sue. "
49 " Faith is a fine inventionWhen gentlemen can see,But microscopes are prudentIn an emergency. "
50 " Faith—is the Pierless BridgeSupporting what We seeUnto the Scene that We do not—Too slender for the eyeIt bears the Soul as boldAs it were rocked in SteelWith Arms of Steel at either side—It joins—behind the VeilTo what, could We presumeThe Bridge would cease to beTo Our far, vacillating FeetA first Necessity. "
51 " Look back on Time, with kindly eyes -He doubtless did his best -How softly sinks that trembling sunIn Human Nature's West - "
52 " I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine. "
53 " We never know how high we areTill we are called to rise;And then, if we are true to plan,Our statures touch the skies.The heroism we reciteWould be a daily thing,Did not ourselves the cubits warpFor fear to be a king. "
54 " A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend. "
55 " This is my letter to the worldThat never wrote to me "
56 " Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast—Grant God, he charge the bravestOf all the martial blest!Please God, might I behold himIn epauletted white—I should not fear the foe then—I should not fear the fight! "
57 " Beauty is not caused. It is. "
58 " So bashful when I spied her!So pretty ― so ashamed!So hidden in her leafletsLest anybody find ―So breathless till I passed her ―So helpless when I turnedAnd bore her struggling, blushing,Her simple haunts beyond!For whom I robbed the Dingle ―For whom betrayed the Dell ―Many, will doubtless ask me,But I shall never tell! "
59 " Not “Revelation” – tis – that waitsBut our unfurnished eyes – "
60 " The Soul selects her own Society. "