#american poet

“Look back on Time, with kindly eyes—
He doubtless did his best—
How softly sinks that trembling sun
In Human Nature’s West—“

“Look back on Time, with kindly eyes—,” The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson — ed. Thomas H. Johnson

“The Heart is the Capital of the Mind—
The Mind is a single State—
The Heart and the Mind together make
A single Continent—

One—is the Population—
Numerous enough—
This ecstatic Nation
Seek—It is Yourself.”

“The Heart is the Capital of the Mind—,” The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson — ed. Thomas H. Johnson

“The Opening and the Close
Of Being, are alike
Or differ, if they do,
As Bloom, upon a Stalk.

That from an equal Seed
Unto an equal Bud
Go parallel, perfected
In that they have decayed.”

“The Opening and the Close,” The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson — ed. Thomas H. Johnson