Literature
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There’s a Certain Slant of Light by Emily Dickinson
There’s a certain slant of light,On winter afternoons,That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes. Heavenly hurt it gives us;We can…
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There’s Been a Death in the Opposite House by Emily Dickinson
There’s been a death in the opposite houseAs lately as today.I know it by the numb lookSuch houses have alway.…
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This Is My Letter To The World by Emily Dickinson
This is my letter to the world,That never wrote to me,–The simple news that Nature told,With tender majesty.Her message is…
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This Quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies by Emily Dickinson
This quiet dust was gentlemen and ladiesAnd lads and girls;Was laughter and ability and sighing,And frocks and curls; This passive…
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We Like March by Emily Dickinson
We like March, his shoes are purple,He is new and high;Makes he mud for dog and peddler,Makes he forest dry;Knows…
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“Why do I love” You, Sir? by Emily Dickinson
“Why do I love” You, Sir?Because—The Wind does not require the GrassTo answer—Wherefore when He passShe cannot keep Her place.…
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Wild Nights! Wild Nights! by Emily Dickinson
Wild Nights! Wild Nights! was written in 1861, but not published until 1891. Dickinson’s verses are heartsick, her safe harbor metaphor,…
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Serenade by Aubrey Thomas de Vere
SOFTLY, O midnight Hours!Move softly o’er the bowersWhere lies in happy sleep a girl so fair!For ye have power, men…
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Sorrow by Aubrey Thomas de Vere
COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave,God’s messenger sent down to thee; do thouWith courtesy receive him; rise and bow;And,…
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A man said to the universe by Stephen Crane
A man said to the universe:“Sir I exist!”“However,” replied the universe,“The fact has not created in meA sense of obligation.”
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