I have never seen "Volcanoes" - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - I have never seen "Volcanoes"

I have never seen "Volcanoes" --
But, when Travellers tell
How those old -- phlegmatic mountains
Usually so still --

Bear within -- appalling Ordnance,
Fire, and smoke, and gun,
Taking Villages for breakfast,
And appalling Men --

If the stillness is Volcanic
In the human face
When upon a pain Titanic
Features keep their place --

If at length the smouldering anguish
Will not overcome --
And the palpitating Vineyard
In the dust, be thrown?

If some loving Antiquary,
On Resumption Morn,
Will not cry with joy "Pompeii"!
To the Hills return!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 175. I have never seen "Volcanoes" Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jan 25 2010 Comment 2 of 2, added on June 15th, 2010 at 7:20 PM. Patient souls at the Resurrection may ding things to blads! frumpo from United States Comment 1 of 2, added on June 15th, 2010 at 7:17 PM. Patient souls at the Resurrection my ding things to blads! frumpo from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, I have never seen "Volcanoes", has received 2 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 175. I have never seen "Volcanoes" Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-18 02:24:06 Poem of the Day: Jan 25 2010 Viewed 6517 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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