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| Circuit I - (00) (Preface) The Blunder is in Estimate (J-1684) (F-1690) | |||||
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(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  Slideshow ~ Labyrinths! | |||||
| Commentary adapted from Emily Dickinson's Poems & Letters | |||||
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(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) -------- Travel why to Nature, when she dwells with us? Those who lift their hats shall see her as devout do God. -------- | |||||
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(1-2)
"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." ~ (L #551) | |||||
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(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) | |||||
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(1-4)
"Instead of getting to Heaven at last,
I'm going all along!" ~ (J-0324) (F-0236) | |||||
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(2-4)
"Could you tell me what home is?" ~ (L #342a) (ref. question to T. W. Higginson, at Dickinson's home in Amherst) | |||||
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(2-4)
"Where thou art — that — is home [....] Degree — or shame — I scarce esteem location's name." ~ (J-0725) (F-0749) | |||||
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(2-4)
"To live is endowment. It puts me in mind of that singular verse in the Revelations — 'Every several gate was of one pearl.'" ~ (L #399) (Biblical ref. Revelations 21:21) | |||||
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(3)
"The 'infinite Beauty' of which you speak comes too near to seek." ~ (L #319) | |||||
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(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) | |||||
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(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) | |||||
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(3-4)
"'Come unto me' begins in every place." ~ (L #536) (Biblical ref. Matthew 11:28-30) | |||||
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(4)
"Seek — friend — and see — Heaven is shy of Earth — that's all." ~ (J-0703) (F-0733) | |||||
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