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

Shells from the Coast mistaking

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

693

Shells from the Coast mistaking-
I cherished them for All-
Happening in After Ages
To entertain a Pearl-

Wherefore so late-I murmured-
My need of Thee-be done-
Therefore-the Pearl responded-
My Period begin




Quotes of the Day

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
• Henry Drummond


Poems of the Day
  • Gail Mazur
    Inventory
    by Gail Mazur
    Clarice, the Swiss Appraiser, paces our rooms, listing furnishings on her yellow legal pad with a Waterman pen, a microcamera. Although I've asked why we have to do this, I forgot the answer. The ...