Select Search
World Factbook
Roget's Int'l Thesaurus
Bartlett's Quotations
Respectfully Quoted
Fowler's King's English
Strunk's Style
Mencken's Language
Cambridge History
The King James Bible
Oxford Shakespeare
Gray's Anatomy
Farmer's Cookbook
Post's Etiquette
Brewer's Phrase & Fable
Bulfinch's Mythology
Frazer's Golden Bough
All Verse
Anthologies
Dickinson, E.
Eliot, T.S.
Frost, R.
Hopkins, G.M.
Keats, J.
Lawrence, D.H.
Masters, E.L.
Sandburg, C.
Sassoon, S.
Whitman, W.
Wordsworth, W.
Yeats, W.B.
All Nonfiction
Harvard Classics
American Essays
Einstein's Relativity
Grant, U.S.
Roosevelt, T.
Wells's History
Presidential Inaugurals
All Fiction
Shelf of Fiction
Ghost Stories
Short Stories
Shaw, G.B.
Stein, G.
Stevenson, R.L.
Wells, H.G.
Verse
>
Emily Dickinson
>
Complete Poems
> I.
Life
> 21. “He ate and drank the precious words”
PREVIOUS
NEXT
CONTENTS
·
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Emily Dickinson
(1830–86).
Complete Poems.
1924.
Part One: Life
XXI
H
E
ate and drank the precious words,
His spirit grew robust;
He knew no more that he was poor,
Nor that his frame was dust.
He danced along the dingy days,
5
And this bequest of wings
Was but a book. What liberty
A loosened spirit brings!
CONTENTS
·
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
PREVIOUS
NEXT
Check out our other writing samples, like our resources on
Haitian Essay
,
Gun Control Debate Essay
,
Guests of the Nation Essay
.
+ see more popular essays
- hide popular essays
The Mass Media and the Futile Search for Extraterrestrial Life
The Benefits of Evidence Based Practice in Nursing Essay
Essay about Global Positioning System
themebeo Epic of Beowulf Essay - Theme and Style of Beowulf
Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing Essay
The History and Evolution of Dogs Essay
Science vs Aging Essay
Comparing the Quest for Self in Jane Eyre and Villete Essay
Essay about HARLEY DAVIDSON
Comparing Henry Miller and Jack Kerouac Essay examples
Essay about Tourette Syndrome
Cleopatra: A Sign of the Times Essay
Big Dams Essay
Biography of Ernest Miller Hemingway Essay
Vegetarianism Essay
The Creation of Disneyland Essay
The Messiah as Corruptor in Frank Herbertbs Dune Essay
Political Corruption in Bangladesh Essay
Traffic, Directed by Steven Soderbergh Essay
Essay about Gender Differences in Sports
A Comparison of Olivier and Branagh's Adaptations of Henry V Essays
Major Events that Effected the Growth of the Economy Essay
Essay on The Use of Dangerous and Illegal Pesticides in America
Essay on Affirmative Action
Astrology Essay
The Importance of Educational Improvements in California Schools
Essay Public Subsidies for Sports Facilities
Christian Mythology in The Matrix Essay
The Increase in Drug Use in the United States Essay
Motivation and its centrality to successful business practice
Economic NetworkingbExploring Alternatives for Promoting Sustainable Development in Africa
Creating Blake's Tyger Essay
Women's Liberation in the 1920's: Myth or Reality? Essay
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: News Media Fantasy versus Reality
Essay about History of D-Day
Herbert Marcusebs An Essay on Liberation
The Social Interaction of a Menbs Soccer Team Essay
Types of Cancer and the Impact Upon the Patient and Family Members
Creative Commons Essay
The Inefficiency of Airline Security Essay
Essay on Walt Whitman's Song of Myself
The Epidemiological Aspects of Aboriginal Health Essay
Shakespeare
·
Bible
·
Strunk
·
Anatomy
·
Nonfiction
·
Quotations
·
Reference
·
Fiction
·
Poetry
©
19932020
Bartleby.com
· [
Top 150
] ·
Subjects
·
Titles
·
Authors
·
World Lit
·
Free Essays
·
Cookie Settings