1. Home »
  2. American Poets »
  3. Emily Dickinson

Escaping backward to perceive

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

867

Escaping backward to perceive
The Sea upon our place -
Escaping forward, to confront
His glittering Embrace -

Retreating up, a Billow's height
Retreating blinded down
Our undermining feet to meet
Instructs to the Divine.




Quotes of the Day

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
• Bertrand Russell


Poems of the Day