Because I could not stop for Death--
He kindly stopped for me--
The Carriage held but just Ourselves--
And Immortality
¶ "Because I could not stop for Death"
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet
Fame is a bee
It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.
¶ "Fame is a bee" (undated)
Inebriate of air am I,
And debauchee of dew,
Reeling, through endless summer days,
From inns of molten blue.
¶ "I taste a liquor never brewed," l. 5–8
If I can stop one Heart from breaking
I shall not live in Vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching
Or cool one Pain
Or help one fainting Robin
Unto his Nest again
I shall not live in Vain.
¶ "If I can stop one heart from breaking"
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
If bees are few.
¶ "To Make a Prairie" (#1755)
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
¶ Letter
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