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• Their dappled importunity

  Their dappled importunity
  Disparage or dismiss —
  The Obloquies of Etiquette …

• Their Height in Heaven comforts not —

  Their Height in Heaven comforts not —
  Their Glory — nought to me —
  'Twas best imperfect — as it was — …

  Emily Dickinson

• There are two Mays

  There are two Mays
  And then a Must
  And after that a Shall. …

• There are two Ripenings — one — of sight —

  There are two Ripenings — one — of sight —
  Whose forces Spheric wind
  Until the Velvet product …

  Emily Dickinson

• There came a Day at Summer's full,

  There came a Day at Summer's full,
  Entirely for me —
  I thought that such were for the Saints, …

  Emily Dickinson

• There came a Wind like a Bugle —

  There came a Wind like a Bugle —
  It quivered through the Grass
  And a Green Chill upon the Heat …

  Emily Dickinson

• There comes a warning like a spy

  There comes a warning like a spy
  A shorter breath of Day
  A stealing that is not a stealth …

• There comes an hour when begging stops,

  There comes an hour when begging stops,
  When the long interceding lips
  Perceive their prayer is vain. …

• There is a finished feeling

  There is a finished feeling
  Experienced at Graves —
  A leisure of the Future — …

• There is a June when Corn is cut

  There is a June when Corn is cut
  And Roses in the Seed —
  A Summer briefer than the first …

• There is a Languor of the Life

  There is a Languor of the Life
  More imminent than Pain —
  'Tis Pain's Successor — When the Soul …

  Emily Dickinson

• There is a morn by men unseen —

  There is a morn by men unseen —
  Whose maids upon remoter green
  Keep their Seraphic May — …

• There is a pain — so utter —

  There is a pain — so utter —
  It swallows substance up —
  Then covers the Abyss with Trance — …

  Emily Dickinson

• There is a Shame of Nobleness —

  There is a Shame of Nobleness —
  Confronting Sudden Pelf —
  A finer Shame of Ecstasy — …

  Emily Dickinson

• There is a solitude of space

  There is a solitude of space
  A solitude of sea
  A solitude of death, but these …

  Emily Dickinson

• There is an arid Pleasure —

  There is an arid Pleasure —
  As different from Joy —
  As Frost is different from Dew — …

• There is no Frigate like a Book

  There is no Frigate like a Book
  To take us Lands away
  Nor any Coursers like a Page …

  Emily Dickinson

• There is no Silence in the Earth — so silent

  There is no Silence in the Earth — so silent
  As that endured
  Which uttered, would discourage Nature …

• There was a young lady in white

  * * *
  There was a young lady in white,
  Who looked out at the depths of the night; …

  Edward Lear

• There was a Young Lady of Dorking

  * * *
  There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
  Who bought a large bonnet for walking; …

  Edward Lear

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