The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson Quotes

“BEQUEST. You left me, sweet, two legacies, — A legacy of love A Heavenly Father would content, Had He the offer of; You left me boundaries of pain Capacious as the sea, Between eternity and time, Your consciousness and me.”
― Emily Dickinson, The Collected Works of EMILY DICKINSON: The Complete Works PergamonMedia

“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 wings
Was but a book. What liberty
A loosened spirit brings!”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson

“The Definition of Beauty is that Definition is none-”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson

“A precious, mouldering pleasure ‘t is
To meet an antique book,
In just the dress his century wore;
A privilege, I think,”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson