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.

Added: on December 18th, 2006 at 8:42 AM | Viewed: 17930 times | Comments and analysis of The feet of people walking home by Emily Dickinson Comments (5)

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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art) 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 5 of 5, added on December 1st, 2009 at 12:40 AM. Dickinson: The feet of people going home I just discovered this site and really read this poem for the first time. I always stopped somewhere around the second stanza. Boo for me! It's a fascinating poem. Isn't it great for backing us up to see importance in terms of its context; i.e. the "canvas" of night for "morning." Gorgeous. I wonder how many other things I can "re-see" that way. Lois Kackley Comment 4 of 5, added on October 31st, 2008 at 12:11 PM. This poem, like so much of Dickinson's work, captures the mystical essence of what lies after death. She eloquently writes of the eternal footsteps that a person leaves behind. Bella Kopermein from United States Comment 3 of 5, 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 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 5 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: Dec 3 2009, 11:35AM Poem of the Day: Jan 26 2002 Viewed 17930 times. Added on December 18th, 2006 at 8:42 AM.

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