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Quotation by Emily Dickinson
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A Bird came down the WalkA Book (1) The Complete Poems (1955)A Clock stoppedAfter Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes (written c. 1862, published 1929)After great pain, a formal feeling comesRelated Subjects
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There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons—
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes—
Winter Afternoons—
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes—
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), U.S. poet. repr. in The Complete Poems, no. 258, Harvard variorum edition (1955). There's a Certain Slant of Light, st. 1 (written c. 1861, published 1890).
The word "heft" was altered to "weight" in the first edition of Dickinson's verse, edited in 1890 by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd.
The word "heft" was altered to "weight" in the first edition of Dickinson's verse, edited in 1890 by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd.
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