The saddest noise, the sweetest noise, - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - The saddest noise, the sweetest noise,

The saddest noise, the sweetest noise,
The maddest noise that grows, --
The birds, they make it in the spring,
At night's delicious close.

Between the March and April line --
That magical frontier
Beyond which summer hesitates,
Almost too heavenly near.

It makes us think of all the dead
That sauntered with us here,
By separation's sorcery
Made cruelly more dear.

It makes us think of what we had,
And what we now deplore.
We almost wish those siren throats
Would go and sing no more.

An ear can break a human heart
As quickly as a spear,
We wish the ear had not a heart
So dangerously near.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1764. The saddest noise, the sweetest noise, Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Comment 6 of 6, added on July 7th, 2007 at 7:29 PM. The Prarie Home Companion broadcase is actually from 07-03-2004. The vocalist is the wonderful Inga Swearingen, accompanied by Richard Dworsky on piano. This particular segment can be found here: prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2004/07/03/ Tommy from United States Comment 5 of 6, added on April 14th, 2007 at 6:41 PM. The broadcast of "A Prarie Home Companion," on April 14, 2007 featured this poem sung beautifully. It's worth looking up and hearing on the Web; at least I found it worth hearing. Jack Jack Troy from United States Comment 4 of 6, added on February 14th, 2007 at 3:12 PM. I loved this poem! In my opinion she was trying to say that it is easy to break a heart and that a lot of people have a fear of getting a broken heart! So we think of love as hate in a way. mandi from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The saddest noise, the sweetest noise,, has received 6 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Emily Dickinson with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1764. The saddest noise, the sweetest noise, Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Jul 25 2008, 6:05AM Viewed 5024 times. Added on February 14th, 2007 at 3:12 PM.

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