It was a quiet way - He asked if I was his - I made no answer of the tongue But answer of the eyes - And then He bore me on Before this mortal noise With swiftness, as of Chariots and distance, as of Wheels. This World did drop away As acres from the feet of one that leaneth from Balloon Upon an Ether Street. The Gulf behind was not, The Continents were new - Eternity was due. No Seasons were to us - It was not Night nor Morn - But Sunrise stopped upon the place And Fastened in Dawn.
Emily Dickinson'Arcturus' is his other name- I'd rather call him 'Star.' It's very mean of Science To go and interfere!
Emily DickinsonThe Things that never can come back, are several - Childhood - some forms of Hope - the Dead.
Emily DickinsonA charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,โ The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies,โ Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies.
Emily DickinsonI never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Nor visited in Heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot, As if a chart were given.
Emily Dickinson