I stepped from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea. I knew not but the next Would be my final inch, – This gave me that precarious gait Some call experience.
Emily Dickinson
Precarious step, Experience gained, Uncertain journey, Sea beneath, Final step, Cautious walk
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More Emily Dickinson Quotes
“We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies.” Emily Dickinson
Potential, Growth, Strength, Courage, Achievement, Aspiration
Emily Dickinson Potential, Growth, Strength, Courage, Achievement, Aspiration“Those who have not found the heaven below, will fail of it above.” Emily Dickinson
Heaven, Faith, Life, Aspiration, Spirituality, Belief
Emily Dickinson Heaven, Faith, Life, Aspiration, Spirituality, Belief“Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.” Emily Dickinson
Opinion, Truth, Knowledge, Wisdom, Life, Sun
Emily Dickinson Opinion, Truth, Knowledge, Wisdom, Life, Sun“I miss the grasshoppers much, but suppose it is all for the best. I should become too much attached to a trotting world.” Emily Dickinson
Grasshopper Memories, Emotional Attachment, Best Goodbye, Nature, Change, Growth
Emily Dickinson Grasshopper Memories, Emotional Attachment, Best Goodbye, Nature, Change, Growth“We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer, till it an antique fashion shows like costumes grandsires wore.” Emily Dickinson
Love, Change, Time, Memory, Growth, Nostalgia
Emily Dickinson Love, Change, Time, Memory, Growth, Nostalgia“God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.” Emily Dickinson
God, Faith, Blessings, Comparison, Gratitude, Fate
Emily Dickinson God, Faith, Blessings, Comparison, Gratitude, Fate“Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light.” Emily Dickinson
Emotional healing, Love and loss, Heartbreak journey, Time, Memory, Forgetfulness
Emily Dickinson Emotional healing, Love and loss, Heartbreak journey, Time, Memory, Forgetfulness“Behold this little Bane- The Boon of all alive- As common as it is unknown The name of it is Love.” Emily Dickinson
Love’s power, Life’s meaning, Emotional force, Passion, Intimacy, Connection
Emily Dickinson Love’s power, Life’s meaning, Emotional force, Passion, Intimacy, Connection“A soft Sea washed around the House A Sea of Summer Air And rose and fell the magic Planks That sailed without a care – For Captain was the Butterfly For Helmsman was the Bee And an entire universe For the delighted crew.” Emily Dickinson
Nature, Sea, Magic, Butterfly, Freedom, Adventure
Emily Dickinson Nature, Sea, Magic, Butterfly, Freedom, Adventure“If you were here, and Oh that you were, my Susie, we need not talk at all, our eyes would whisper for us...” Emily Dickinson
Silent Eyes, Eye Communication, Deep Affection, Love, Intimacy, Silence
Emily Dickinson Silent Eyes, Eye Communication, Deep Affection, Love, Intimacy, Silence“Hope is a strange invention – A Patent of the Heart – In unremitting action Yet never wearing out.” Emily Dickinson
Hope, Heart, Persistence, Life, Strength, Passion
Emily Dickinson Hope, Heart, Persistence, Life, Strength, Passion“When bumble-bees in solemn flight.” Emily Dickinson
Nature, Bumblebees, Flight, Solitude, Reflection, Beauty
Emily Dickinson Nature, Bumblebees, Flight, Solitude, Reflection, Beauty“Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew, Reeling, through endless summer days, From inns of molten blue.” Emily Dickinson
Intoxicating Air, Endless Summer, Molten Blue, Freedom, Nature, Bliss
Emily Dickinson Intoxicating Air, Endless Summer, Molten Blue, Freedom, Nature, Bliss“In such a porcelain life, one likes to be sure that all is well lest one stumble upon one's hopes in a pile of broken crockery.” Emily Dickinson
Life, Perfection, Fragility, Hope, Control, Expectations
Emily Dickinson Life, Perfection, Fragility, Hope, Control, Expectations“Apparently with no surprise To any happy Flower The Frost beheads it at its play – In accidental power – The blonde Assassin passes on – The Sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another Day For an Approving God.” Emily Dickinson
Nature, Frost, Death, Power, Change, Life
Emily Dickinson Nature, Frost, Death, Power, Change, Life“I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.” Emily Dickinson
Portrait, Identity, Smallness, Self, Comparison, Nature
Emily Dickinson Portrait, Identity, Smallness, Self, Comparison, Nature“I have not told my garden yet, Lest that should conquer me; I have not quite the strength now To break it to the bee.” Emily Dickinson
Garden Secret, Bee Message, Hidden Strength, Nature, Silence, Fear
Emily Dickinson Garden Secret, Bee Message, Hidden Strength, Nature, Silence, Fear“Our lives are Swiss, so still- so cool.” Emily Dickinson
Calm lives, Quiet existence, Swiss life, Cool stillness, Peaceful living, Simple life
Emily Dickinson Calm lives, Quiet existence, Swiss life, Cool stillness, Peaceful living, Simple life