Verse > Anthologies > Louis Untermeyer, ed. > Modern American Poetry
  PREVIOUSNEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry.  1919.
 
Emily Dickinson. 1830–1886
 
3. A Book
 
THERE is no frigate like a book 
  To take us lands away, 
Nor any coursers like a page 
  Of prancing poetry. 
This traverse may the poorest take         5
  Without oppress of toll; 
How frugal is the chariot 
  That bears a human soul! 
 
 
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  PREVIOUSNEXT  
 
Loading
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.

Shakespeare · Bible · Strunk · Anatomy · Nonfiction · Quotations · Reference · Fiction · Poetry
© 1993–2014 Bartleby.com · [Top 150] · Subjects · Titles · Authors