The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecst... - Emily Dickinson
"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."
"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."
"Faith—is the Pierless BridgeSupporting what We seeUnto the Scene that We do not—Too slender for the eyeIt bears the Soul as boldAs it were rocked in SteelWith Arms of Steel at either side—It joins—behind the VeilTo what, could We presumeThe Bridge would cease to beTo Our far, vacillating FeetA first Necessity."
"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."
"He ate and drank the precious words,His spirit grew robust;He knew no more that he was poor,Nor that his frame was dust.He danced along the dingy days,And this bequest of wingsWas but a book. What libertyA loosened spirit brings!"
"Faith is a fine inventionWhen gentlemen can see,But microscopes are prudentIn an emergency."