The feet of people walking home - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - The feet of people walking home

The feet of people walking home
With gayer sandals go --
The Crocus -- til she rises
The Vassal of the snow --
The lips at Hallelujah
Long years of practise bore
Til bye and bye these Bargemen
Walked singing on the shore.

Pearls are the Diver's farthings
Extorted from the Sea --
Pinions -- the Seraph's wagon
Pedestrian once -- as we --
Night is the morning's Canvas
Larceny -- legacy --
Death, but our rapt attention
To Immortality.

My figures fail to tell me
How far the Village lies --
Whose peasants are the Angels --
Whose Cantons dot the skies --
My Classics veil their faces --
My faith that Dark adores --
Which from its solemn abbeys
Such ressurection pours.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 7. The feet of people walking home Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jan 26 2002 Comment 3 of 3, added on December 18th, 2006 at 8:42 AM. This poem is the damn stupidest thing i have ever read and i read a lot! Plus i do not say stupid lightly! Fredrick lokal from United States Comment 2 of 3, added on March 13th, 2005 at 6:30 PM. This great poem by Dickinson means that life is so great that people keep walking after death. In a town of angels-peasants, we will awake and walk towards the horizon of childhood again. Regards from Spain, Emily. José Luis José Luis from Spain Comment 1 of 3, added on October 21st, 2004 at 8:44 AM. "he jus keeps movin' along. Time and tide wait for no man (or woman), but, ah!, man keeps up! Audren Glass from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The feet of people walking home, has received 3 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: 7. The feet of people walking home Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: May 9 2008, 2:57PM Poem of the Day: Jan 26 2002 Viewed 15723 times. Added on October 21st, 2004 at 8:44 AM.

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