The Blunder is in Estimate : Emily Dickinson's Nature Mysticism

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Circuit I - (00) (Preface) The Blunder is in Estimate (J-1684) (F-1690)

⁽¹⁾ The Blunder is in estimate.
Eternity is there
⁽²⁾ We say, as of a Station —
Meanwhile he is so near
⁽³⁾ He joins me in my Ramble —
Divides abode with me —
⁽⁴⁾ No friend have I that so persists
As this Eternity.

~ Emily Dickinson

Commentary adapted from Emily Dickinson's Poems & Letters

^(1-2) "Travel why to Nature, when she dwells with us?
Those who lift their hats shall see her as devout do God."
(~ Letter #321 as prose, embeds 3/5 poetry)
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Travel why
to Nature, when she
dwells with us?
Those who lift their hats
shall see her
as devout do God.
^--------

^(1-2) ~ See ED letter #551: prose embeds poetry —
(L1 and L2 rhyme with L4 and L5)
^--------
"Where did you pick arbutus?
In Broadway, I suppose.
They say that God is everywhere, and yet
we always think of Him as
somewhat of a recluse."
^--------

^(1-4) "Not any port not any flight but he doth there preside —
what omnipresence lies in wait for her to be a bride."
~ (J-1496) (F-1529)

^(1-4) "Instead of getting to Heaven at last, I'm going all along!"
~ (J-0324) (F-0236)

⁽²⁾ "The 'infinite Beauty' of which you speak
comes too near to seek." ~ (L #319)

^(2-4) "Could you tell me what home is?" ~ (L #342a)
(ref. question to T. W. Higginson, at Dickinson's home in Amherst)

^(2-4) "Where thou art — that — is home [....] Degree — or
shame — I scarce esteem location's name." ~ (J-0725) (F-0749)

^(2-4) ~ See ED letter #399: prose embeds poetry (the form imitating the
content, and comprised of 6-6-4-1 / 6-6-4-1 syllables [if "every"=3])
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"To live is endowment.
It puts me in mind of
that singular
verse
in the Revelations —
'Every several
gate was of one
pearl.'"
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(Biblical ref. Revelations 21:21)

^(3-4) "The only news I know is bulletins all day from immortality.
The only shows I see — tomorrow and today — perchance eternity."
~ (J-0827) (F-0820)

^(3-4) "Here is a little forest, whose leaf is ever green;
here is a brighter garden, where not a frost has been."
~ (J-0002) (F-app. 13-2)

^(3-4) "'Come unto me' begins in every place." ~ (L #536)
(Biblical ref. Matthew 11:28-30, Sirach 24:13-19)

⁽⁴⁾ "Seek — friend — and see — Heaven is shy
of Earth — that's all." ~ (J-0703) (F-0733)

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