This World is not Conclusion

Here's the reason for my slight 'Dickinson-obsession' this weekend ... someone kindly bought me the pictured 2010 Biography ;-)

I didn't know this volume existed - it is, despite the title, a complete joy:


This World is not Conclusion

This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond - 
Invisible, as Music -
But positive, as Sound -
It beckons, and it baffles - 
Philosophy, dont know - 
And through a Riddle, at the last - 
Sagacity, must go -
To guess it, puzzles scholars -
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown -
Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies - 
Blushes, if any see - 
Plucks at a twig of Evidence - 
And asks a Vane, the way - 
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit -
Strong Hallelujahs roll - 
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul -

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Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

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