Pain Poems

Emily Dickinson - I Cried At Pity Not At Pain
I cried at Pity -- not at Pain --I heard a Woman say"Poor Child" -- and something in her voiceConvicted me -- of me --So long I fainted,.- Pain poems.

Emily Dickinson - If Pain For Peace Prepares
If pain for peace preparesLo, what "Augustan" yearsOur feet await!If springs from winter rise,Can the AnemonesBe reckoned up?If night.- Pain poems.

Emily Dickinson - Joy To Have Merited The Pain
Joy to have merited the Pain --To merit the Release --Joy to have perished every step --To Compass Paradise --Pardon -- to look upon.- Pain poems.

Emily Dickinson - Pain Expands The Time
Pain -- expands the Time --Ages coil withinThe minute CircumferenceOf a single Brain --Pain contracts -- the Time --Occupied with ShotGamuts.- Pain poems.

Emily Dickinson - Pain Has An Element Of Blank
Pain -- has an Element of Blank --It cannot recollectWhen it begun -- or if there wereA time when it was not --It has no Future --.- Pain poems.

Emily Dickinson - Pain Has But One Acquaintance
Pain has but one AcquaintanceAnd that is Death --Each one unto the otherSociety enough.Pain is the Junior PartyBy just a Second's right.- Pain poems.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Pain In Pleasure
A THOUGHT ay like a flower upon mine heart,And drew around it other thoughts like beesFor multitude and thirst of sweetnesses;Whereat.- Pain poems.

George William Russell - The Pain Of Earth
DOES the earth grow grey with griefFor her hero darling fled?Though her vales let fall no leaf,In our hearts her tears are shed. Still.- Pain poems.

Emily Dickinson - There Is A Pain So Utter
There is a pain -- so utter --It swallows substance up --Then covers the Abyss with Trance --So Memory can stepAround -- across --.- Pain poems.