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Poems by Emily Dickinson: Escape
by EmilyDickinsonThe TestCompensationEscape Escape I never hear the word "escape" Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation, A flying attitude. I never hear of prisons broad By…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Compensation
by EmilyDickinsonEscapeThe MartyrsCompensation Compensation For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy. For each beloved hour Sharp…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Martyrs
by EmilyDickinsonCompensationA PrayerThe Martyrs The Martyrs Through the straight pass of suffering The martyrs even trod, Their feet upon temptation, Their faces upon God. A stately,…Poems by Emily Dickinson: A Prayer
by EmilyDickinsonThe MartyrsXIVA Prayer A Prayer I meant to have but modest needs, Such as content, and heaven; Within my income these could lie, And life and I keep even. But since the…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Show
by EmilyDickinsonThe Railway TrainXIXThe Show The Show The show is not the show, But they that go. Menagerie to me My neighbor be. Fair play — Both went to see.Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Return
by EmilyDickinsonXXIXXIIIThe Return The Return Though I get home how late, how late! So I get home, 't will compensate. Better will be the ecstasy That they have done expecting me, When,…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Shipwreck
by EmilyDickinsonToo MuchXXVIShipwreck Shipwreck It tossed and tossed, — A little brig I knew, — O'ertook by blast, It spun and spun, And groped delirious, for morn. It slipped and…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Enough
by EmilyDickinsonXXVIXXVIIIEnough Enough God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me; I dare not eat it, though I starve, — My poignant luxury To own it, touch it, prove the feat…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Duel
by EmilyDickinsonXXXIIXXXIVThe Duel The Duel I took my power in my hand. And went against the world; 'T was not so much as David had, But I was twice as bold. I aimed my pebble, but…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Goal
by EmilyDickinsonXXXIVSightThe Goal The Goal Each life converges to some centre Expressed or still; Exists in every human nature A goal, Admitted scarcely to itself, it may be, Too fair…