Emily Dickinson's Poetry, by first line

• A Bird Came Down

  A bird came down the walk:
  He did not know I saw;

  20 lines, 3 comments
• A long, long sleep, a famous sleep

  A long, long sleep, a famous sleep
  That makes no show for dawn

  8 lines, 3 comments
• A narrow fellow in the grass

  A narrow fellow in the grass
  Occasionally rides;

  24 lines, 6 comments
• A shady friend for torrid days

  A shady friend for torrid days
  Is easier to find

  12 lines
• An everywhere of silver,

  An everywhere of silver,
  With ropes of sand

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Before you thought of spring,

  Before you thought of spring,
  Except as a surmise,

  16 lines, 1 comment
• Departed to the judgment,

  Departed to the judgment,
  A mighty afternoon;

  8 lines
• Each life converges to some centre

  Each life converges to some centre
  Expressed or still;

  20 lines, 1 comment
• For each ecstatic instant

  For each ecstatic instant
  We must an anguish pay

  8 lines, 2 comments
• God permit industrious angels

  God permit industrious angels
  Afternoons to play.

  8 lines
• Good night! which put the candle out?

  Good night! which put the candle out?
  A jealous zephyr, not a doubt.

  12 lines, 2 comments
• Heaven is what I cannot reach!

  Heaven is what I cannot reach!
  The apple on the tree,

  8 lines, 1 comment
• I found the phrase to every thought

  I found the phrase to every thought
  I ever had, but one;

  8 lines, 1 comment
• I had no time to hate, because

  I had no time to hate, because
  The grave would hinder me,

  8 lines, 6 comments
• I know a place where summer strives

  I know a place where summer strives
  With such a practised frost,

  12 lines, 2 comments
• I lived on dread; to those who know

  I lived on dread; to those who know
  The stimulus there is

  8 lines, 1 comment
• I measure every grief I meet

  I measure every grief I meet
  With analytic eyes;

  36 lines, 3 comments
• I never hear the word

  I never hear the word "escape"
  Without a quicker blood,

  8 lines, 3 comments
• I stepped from plank to plank

  I stepped from plank to plank
  So slow and cautiously;

  8 lines, 1 comment
• I went to heaven,--

  I went to heaven,--
  'T was a small town,

  16 lines, 2 comments
• I years had been from home,

  I years had been from home,
  And now, before the door,

  24 lines, 1 comment
• I'll tell you how the sun rose, --

  I'll tell you how the sun rose, --
  A ribbon at a time.

  17 lines, 1 comment
• It's All I have to bring to-day,

  It's All I have to bring to-day,
  This, and my heart beside,

  8 lines
• It's like the light, --

  It's like the light, --
  A fashionless delight

  12 lines, 1 comment
• Me! Come! My dazzled face

  Me! Come! My dazzled face
  In such a shining place!

  10 lines, 2 comments
• My life closed twice before its close;

  My life closed twice before its close;
  It yet remains to see

  8 lines, 4 comments
• My nosegays are for captives;

  My nosegays are for captives;
  Dim, long-expectant eyes,

  8 lines
• Nature rarer uses yellow

  Nature rarer uses yellow
  Than another hue;

  8 lines, 1 comment
• Not in this world to see his face

  Not in this world to see his face
  Sounds long, until I read the place

  12 lines, 1 comment
• Of all the souls that stand create

  Of all the souls that stand create
  I have elected one.

  12 lines, 1 comment

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