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Emily Dickinson Quotes about Loss

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Each that we lose takes a part of us; A crescent still abides, Which like the moon, some turbid night, Is summoned by the tides.

Each that we lose takes a part of us; A crescent still abides, Which like the moon, some turbid night, Is summoned by the tides.

Emily Dickinson
Loss, Moon, Night
Emily Dickinson, Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1971). “The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.345, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science cannot overtake But Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn, It shows the furthest Tree Upon the furthest Slope you know It almost speaks to you. Then as Horizons step Or Noons report away Without the Formula of sound It passes and we stay - A quality of loss Affecting our Content As Trade had suddenly encroached Upon a Sacrament.

Emily Dickinson
Spring, Loss, Color
Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.1084, Delphi Classics

To lose ones faith-surpass The loss of an Estate- Because Estates can be Replenished- faith cannot-.

Emily Dickinson
Loss, Estates, Loses
Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.640, Delphi Classics

Endow the Living - with the Tears - You squander on the Dead.

Emily Dickinson
Loss, Tears
Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1999). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.294, Harvard University Press

Then, as horizons step, Or noons report away,Without the formula of sound, It passes, and we stay:A quality of loss Affecting our content.

Emily Dickinson
Loss, Quality, Sound
Emily Dickinson (1998). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.613, Harvard University Press

I never lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod.

Emily Dickinson
Death, Loss, Lost
Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.303, Delphi Classics

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