“A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science cannot overtake But Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn, It shows the furthest Tree Upon the furthest Slope you know It almost speaks to you. Then as Horizons step Or Noons report away Without the Formula of sound It passes and we stay - A quality of loss Affecting our Content As Trade had suddenly encroached Upon a Sacrament.” KnowsFeelsYearsHumansShowsLightSpeakWaitingSoundLossQualityStepsTreeHuman NatureFieldsColorPeriodsSpringTradeReportsMarchHorizonFormulasSolitarySacramentsNoonLawnsSlopes Book:Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“I distrust all dead and mechanical formulas for expressing anything connected with human affairs and human personalities. Putting human affairs in exact formulas shows in itself a lack of the sense of humor and therefore a lack of wisdom.” HumansShowsPersonalityAffairConnectedSense Of HumorFormulasDistrustHuman Personality Book:The Importance of Living Source: The Importance of Living