One can access 597 of of E.D.'s 1775 poems on Bartleby.com or most of the total at various Project Gutenberg sites. Bartleby uses the modernized versions which change her peculiar punctuation (I prefer the original) -- Gutenberg retains those, but it's harder to find the poem one wants. My source for Dickinson's poems is The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson edited by Thomas H. Johnson.Here is Bartleby's rendition of her "Epigram:"
THIS is my letter to the world, | |
That never wrote to me,— | |
The simple news that Nature told, | |
With tender majesty. | |
Her message is committed | 5 |
To hands I cannot see; | |
For love of her, sweet countrymen, | |
Judge tenderly of me! |
and here is the way it appears in Johnson's edition:
This is my letter to the World,
That never wrote to Me --
The simple News that Nature told --
With tender Majesty
Her Message is committed
To Hands I cannot see --
For love of Her -- Sweet -- countrymen --
Judge tenderly -- of Me
Comments