Emily Dickinson Quotes, Christian Quotes, Morning Quotes

I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot my morning prayer or else it was irksome to me. One by one my old habits returned and I cared less for religion than ever.

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There is no frigate like a book

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Besides the Autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days, A little this side of the snow, And that side of the Haze..., Grant me, Oh Lord, a sunny mind- Thy windy will to bear!

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That no Flake of [snow] fall on you or them - is a wish that would be a Prayer, were Emily not a Pagan.

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The Brain is just the weight of God-- For--Heft them--Pound for Pound-- And they will differ--if they do-- As Syllable from Sound

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God's little Blond Blessing we have long deemed you, and hope his so-called Will will not compel him to revoke you.

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Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it, Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee, Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it, Not to partake thy passion, my humility.

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They say that “Time assuages” - Time never did assuage - An actual suffering strengthens As Sinews do, with age - Time is a Test of Trouble - But not a Remedy - If such it prove, it prove too There was no Malady

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We dream — it is good we are dreaming — It would hurt us — were we awake — But since it is playing — kill us, And we are playing — shriek — What harm? Men die — externally — It is a truth — of Blood — But we — are dying in Drama — And Drama — is never dead — Cautious — We jar each other — And either — open the eyes — Lest the Phantasm — prove the Mistake — And the livid Surprise Cool us to Shafts of Granite — With just an Age — and Name — And perhaps a phrase in Egyptian — It's prudenter — to dream —

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To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

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Best Witchcraft is Geometry To the magician's mind - His ordinary acts are feats To thinking of mankind.

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No Life can pompless pass away - The lowliest career To the same Pageant wends its way As that exalted here -

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Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide.

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The Past is such a curious Creature To look her in the Face A Transport may receipt us Or a Disgrace-.

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Which Anguish was the utterest--then-- To perish, or to live?

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How much can come And much can go, And yet abide the world!

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God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.

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It sounded as if the streets were running, And then the streets stood still.

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The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind.

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The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed- Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified.

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