Emily Dickinson on Literature
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Emily Dickinson, catalogued under Literature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Emily Dickinson, entry #253521: "No approximate words in a poem."
Attributed to Emily Dickinson, entry #253522: "A Grave – is a restricted Breadth –Yet ampler than the Sun –And all the Seas He populatesAnd lands he looks uponTo Him who on its small ReposeBestows a single Friend –Circumferenc…"
3 Quotes by Emily Dickinson on Literature
"No approximate words in a poem."
"A Grave – is a restricted Breadth –Yet ampler than the Sun –And all the Seas He populatesAnd lands he looks uponTo Him who on its small ReposeBestows a single Friend –Circumference without Relief –Or Estimate – or End –"
"Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility –"