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• The last of Summer is Delight —

  The last of Summer is Delight —
  Deterred by Retrospect.
  'Tis Ecstasy's revealed Review — …

  Emily Dickinson

• The Life that tied too tight escapes

  The Life that tied too tight escapes
  Will ever after run
  With a prudential look behind …

• The Life we have is very great.

  The Life we have is very great.
  The Life that we shall see
  Surpasses it, we know, because …

• The Lightning is a yellow Fork

  The Lightning is a yellow Fork
  From Tables in the sky
  By inadvertent fingers dropt …

• The Lightning playeth — all the while —

  The Lightning playeth — all the while —
  But when He singeth — then —
  Ourselves are conscious He exist — …

• The Lilac is an ancient shrub

  The Lilac is an ancient shrub
  But ancienter than that
  The Firmamental Lilac …

• The Loneliness One dare not sound —

  The Loneliness One dare not sound —
  And would as soon surmise
  As in its Grave go plumbing …

• The Lonely House

  A pair of spectacles afar just stir —
  An almanac 's aware.
  Was it the mat winked, …

  Emily Dickinson

• The lonesome for they know not What —

  The lonesome for they know not What —
  The Eastern Exiles — be —
  Who strayed beyond the Amber line …

  Emily Dickinson

• The look of thee, what is it like

  The look of thee, what is it like
  Hast thou a hand or Foot
  Or Mansion of Identity …

  Emily Dickinson

• The Luxury to apprehend

  The Luxury to apprehend
  The Luxury 'twould be
  To look at Thee a single time …

  Emily Dickinson

• The Malay — took the Pearl —

  The Malay — took the Pearl —
  Not — I — the Earl —
  I — feared the Sea — too much …

• The Manner of its Death

  The Manner of its Death
  When Certain it must die —
  'Tis deemed a privilege to choose — …

• The Martyr Poets — did not tell —

  The Martyr Poets — did not tell —
  But wrought their Pang in syllable —
  That when their mortal name be numb — …

• The Mind lives on the Heart

  The Mind lives on the Heart
  Like any Parasite —
  If that is full of Meat …

• The Missing All — prevented Me

  The Missing All — prevented Me
  From missing minor Things.
  If nothing larger than a World's …

  Emily Dickinson

• The mob within the heart

  The mob within the heart
  Police cannot suppress
  The riot given at the first …

• The modest rose puts forth a thorn

  * * *
  The [rose put envious del.] [lustful del.] modest rose puts forth a thorn,
  The [coward del.] humble sheep a threat’ning horn: …

  William Blake

• The Months have ends — the Years — a knot —

  The Months have ends — the Years — a knot —
  No Power can untie
  To stretch a little further …

• The Moon is distant from the Sea —

  The Moon is distant from the Sea —
  And yet, with Amber Hands —
  She leads Him — docile as a Boy — …

  Emily Dickinson

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