Acts of Light (1980) (edit title/settings)

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• “I found a bird, this morning, down— down— on a little bush at the foot of the garden, and wherefore sing, I said, since nobody hears? One sob in the throat, one flutter of bosom—" My business is to sing"— and away she rose!”

  Emily Dickinson

• “I taste a liquor never brewed— From Tankards scooped in Pearl— . . . . Inebriate of Air-am I-And Debauchee of Dew-Reeling-thro endless summer days- From inns of Molten Blue”

  Emily Dickinson

• “The Bell within the steeple wild The flying tidings told-, How much can come And much can go, And yet abide the World!”

  Emily Dickinson

• “Because I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality.”

  Emily Dickinson

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• Amherst, Massachusetts

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Emily Dickinson (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Jane Langton - Wrote an appreciation
2. Nancy Ekholm Burkert (Illustrator)

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 811.4

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Poetry › 20th Century
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Poetry › 19th Century
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › 19th Century
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Single Authors › United States
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( D ) › Dickinson, Emily
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Anthologies