large/7245/poems_seriestwo_la_librivox_64kb_mp3/poemsseriestwo_0_dickinson_64kb_29
large/7245/poems_seriestwo_la_librivox_64kb_mp3/poemsseriestwo_0_dickinson_64kb
English
7245
AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, August, 1891. AMHERST MASSACHUSETTS AUGUST EIGH
rously, more often with weird and peculiar power; but she is never by any chance frivolous or trivial. And while, as one critic has said, she may exhibit toward God "an Emersonian self-possession," it was because she looked upon all life with a candor as unprejudiced as it is rare. She had tried society and the world, and found them lacking. She was not an invalid, and she lived in seclusion from no love-disappointment. Her life was the normal blossoming of a nature introspective to a high degree, whose best thought could not exist in pretence. Storm, wind, the wild March sky, sunsets and dawns; the birds and bees, butterflies and flowers of her garden, with a few trusted human friends, were sufficient companionship. The coming of the first robin was a jubilee beyond crowning of monarch or birthday of pope; the first red leaf hurrying through "the altered air," an epoch. Immortality was close about her; and while never morbid or melancholy, she lived in its presence. MABEL LOOMIS TODD.  LIGHTLY SOMETIMES ALMOST HUMOROUSLY MORE OFTEN WITH WEIRD AND PECULIAR POWER BUT SHE IS NEVER BY ANY CHANCE FRIVOLOUS OR TRIVIAL AND WHILE AS ONE CRITIC HAS SAID SHE MAY EXHIBIT TOWARDS GOD AN EMERSONIAN SELF POSSESSION IT WAS BECAUSE SHE LOOKED UPON ALL LIFE WITH A CANDOUR AS UNPREJUDICED AS IT IS RARE SHE HAD TRIED SOCIETY AND THE WORLD AND FOUND THEM LACKING SHE WAS NOT AN INVALID AND SHE LIVED IN SECLUSION FROM NO LOVE DISAPPOINTMENT HER LIFE WAS THE NORMAL BLOSSOMING OF A NATURE INTROSPECTIVE TO A HIGH DEGREE WHOSE BEST THOUGHT COULD NOT EXIST IN PRETENCE STORM WIND THE WILD MARCH SKY SUNSETS AND DAWNS THE BIRDS AND BEES BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS OF HER GARDEN WITH A FEW TRUSTED HUMAN FRIENDS WERE SUFFICIENT COMPANIONSHIP THE COMING OF THE FIRST ROBIN WAS A JUBILEE BEYOND CROWNING OF MONARCH OR BIRTHDAY OF POPE THE FIRST RED LEAF HURRYING THROUGH THE ALTERED AIR AN EPOCH IMMORTALITY WAS CLOSE ABOUT HER AND WHILE NEVER MORBID OR MELANCHOLY SHE LIVED IN ITS PRESENCE MABEL LOOMIS TODD
large/7245/poems_seriestwo_la_librivox_64kb_mp3/poemsseriestwo_0_dickinson_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/7245/poems_seriestwo_la_librivox_64kb_mp3/poemsseriestwo_0_dickinson_64kb.flac