Hope is the thing with feathers
by Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Citation:
"Hope Is the Thing with Feathers (254)." - Poets.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
The Brain—is wider than the Sky
by Emily Dickinson
The Brain is wider than the Sky
For put them side by side
The one the other will contain
With ease and You beside
The Brain is deeper than the sea
For hold them Blue to Blue
The one the other will absorb
As Sponges Buckets do
The Brain is just the weight of God
For—Heft them—Pound for Pound
And they will differ if they do
As Syllable from Sound
Citation:
"A Poem a Day." : [The Brain -is Wider than the Sky-]. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
I heard a Fly buzz
by Emily Dickinson
I heard a Fly buzz when I died
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air
Between the Heaves of Storm
The Eyes around had wrung them dry
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset when the King
Be witnessed in the Room
I willed my Keepsakes Signed away
What portions of me be
Assignable and then it was
There interposed a Fly
With Blue uncertain stumbling Buzz
Between the light and me
And then the Windows failed and then
I could not see to see
Citation:
"I Heard a Fly Buzz (465)." - Poets.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
by Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Citation:
"Hope Is the Thing with Feathers (254)." - Poets.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
The Brain—is wider than the Sky
by Emily Dickinson
The Brain is wider than the Sky
For put them side by side
The one the other will contain
With ease and You beside
The Brain is deeper than the sea
For hold them Blue to Blue
The one the other will absorb
As Sponges Buckets do
The Brain is just the weight of God
For—Heft them—Pound for Pound
And they will differ if they do
As Syllable from Sound
Citation:
"A Poem a Day." : [The Brain -is Wider than the Sky-]. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
I heard a Fly buzz
by Emily Dickinson
I heard a Fly buzz when I died
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air
Between the Heaves of Storm
The Eyes around had wrung them dry
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset when the King
Be witnessed in the Room
I willed my Keepsakes Signed away
What portions of me be
Assignable and then it was
There interposed a Fly
With Blue uncertain stumbling Buzz
Between the light and me
And then the Windows failed and then
I could not see to see
Citation:
"I Heard a Fly Buzz (465)." - Poets.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.