Emily Dickinson Quotes about Waiting

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THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her. Depart, before the host has slid The bolt upon the door, To seek for the accomplished guest, -- Her

THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her. Depart, before the host has slid The bolt upon the door, To seek for the accomplished guest, -- Her visitor no more.

Emily Dickinson

Doors, Waiting, Heaven

Emily Dickinson (2016). “The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.300, First Avenue Editions

Not 'Revelation'-'tis that waits/ But our unfurnished eyes

Emily Dickinson

Eye, Waiting, Revelations

Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1999). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.228, Harvard University Press

AMPLE make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight, Be its pillow round; Let no sunrise’ yellow noise Interrupt this ground.

Emily Dickinson

Yellow, Waiting, Sunrise

Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1998). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.760, Harvard University Press