Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinsonwas an American poet. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life highly introverted. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a noted penchant for white clothing and became known for her reluctance to...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 December 1830
CityAmherst, MA
You can stay young as long as you learn.
What fortitude the Soul contains, That it can so endure The accent of a coming Foot- The opening of a Door.
Best Witchcraft is Geometry To the magician's mind - His ordinary acts are feats To thinking of mankind.
The Supernatural is only the Natural disclosed.
Dreams are the subtle Dower That make us rich an Hour Then fling us poor Out of the purple door.
She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife.
I had no monarch in my life, and cannot rule myself; and when I try to organize, my little force explodes and leaves me bare and charred.
We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.
Each that we lose takes a part of us; A crescent still abides, Which like the moon, some turbid night, Is summoned by the tides.
Opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.
Of Consciousness, her awful Mate. The Soul cannot be rid - as easy the secreting her behind the Eyes of God.
Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth
We trust in plumed procession For such the angels go Rank after rank, with even feet/And uniforms of snow.
To be alive is power; existence in itself; without a further function; omnipotence.