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• I thought the Train would never come —

  I thought the Train would never come —
  How slow the whistle sang —
  I don't believe a peevish Bird …

• I tie my Hat — I crease my Shawl —

  I tie my Hat — I crease my Shawl —
  Life's little duties do — precisely —
  As the very least …

  Emily Dickinson

• I took one Draught of Life —

  I took one Draught of Life —
  I'll tell you what I paid —
  Precisely an existence — …

  Emily Dickinson

• I tried to think a lonelier Thing

  I tried to think a lonelier Thing
  Than any I had seen —
  Some Polar Expiation — An Omen in the Bone …

  Emily Dickinson

• I was a Phoebe — nothing more —

  I was a Phoebe — nothing more —
  A Phoebe — nothing less —
  The little note that others dropt …

• I was the slightest in the House —

  I was the slightest in the House —
  I took the smallest Room —
  At night, my little Lamp, and Book — …

• I watcher her face to see which way

  I watched her face to see which way
  She took the awful news —
  Whether she died before she heard …

  Emily Dickinson

• I went to Heaven —

  I went to Heaven —
  'Twas a small Town —
  Lit — with a Ruby — …

  Emily Dickinson

• I will tell you what Joseph of Arimathea

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  I will tell you what Joseph of Arimathea
  Said to my Fairy was not it very queer …

  William Blake

• I worked for chaff and earning Wheat

  I worked for chaff and earning Wheat
  Was haughty and betrayed.
  What right had Fields to arbitrate …

  Emily Dickinson

• I would distil a cup,

  I would distil a cup,
  And bear to all my friends,
  Drinking to her no more astir, …

  Emily Dickinson

• I would not paint — a picture —

  I would not paint — a picture —
  I'd rather be the One
  Its bright impossibility …

• I'll send the feather from my Hat!

  I'll send the feather from my Hat!
  Who knows — but at the sight of that
  My Sovereign will relent? …

  Emily Dickinson

• I'm "wife" — I've finished that —

  I'm "wife" — I've finished that —
  That other state —
  I'm Czar — I'm "Woman" now — …

  Emily Dickinson

• I'm ceded — I've stopped being Theirs —

  I'm ceded — I've stopped being Theirs —
  The name They dropped upon my face
  With water, in the country church …

  Emily Dickinson

• I've dropped my Brain — My Soul is numb —

  I've dropped my Brain — My Soul is numb —
  The Veins that used to run
  Stop palsied — 'tis Paralysis …

• I've got an arrow here.

  I've got an arrow here.
  Loving the hand that sent it
  I the dart revere. …

  Emily Dickinson

• I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes

  I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
  In a Cathedral Aisle,
  And understood no word it said — …

• I've known a Heaven, like a Tent —

  I've known a Heaven, like a Tent —
  To wrap its shining Yards —
  Pluck up its stakes, and disappear — …

  Emily Dickinson

• I've none to tell me to but Thee

  I've none to tell me to but Thee
  So when Thou failest, nobody.
  It was a little tie — …

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