"Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality."

"Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes."

"The Wind – tapped like a tired Man – And like a Host – 'Come in' I boldly answered – entered then – My Residence within –"

"The only Balm for Woe Is Labor – and the Balm for Labor – Woe –"

"They shut me up in Prose — As when a little Girl / They put me in the Closet — Because they liked me 'still' —"