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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: a bird came down the walk : A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw!. And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sidewise to the wall To let a beetle pass!. He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all abroad,-- They looked like frightened beads, I thought; He stirred his velvet head Like one in danger; cautious, I offered him a crumb, And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home Than oars divide the ocean, Too silver for a seam, Or butterflies, off banks of noon, Leap, splashless, as they swim!. SUCESS: Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed!. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need!. Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition, So clear, of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Break, agonized and clear! YOU CAN FIND MANY MORE AT THE RESPECTIVE SITESWww@QuestionHome@Com ***** I HEARD a fly buzz when I died by Emily Dickinson I HEARD a fly buzz when I died; The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in the air Between the heaves of storm!. The eyes beside had wrung them dry, And breaths were gathering sure For that last onset, when the king Be witnessed in his power!. I willed my keepsakes, signed away What portion of me I Could make assignable,—and then There interposed a fly, With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, Between the light and me; And then the windows failed, and then I could not see to see!. *****Www@QuestionHome@Com She has many incredibly famous poems, the "most famous" is subjective!. I would go with one of the below: - Because I could not stop for Death - Hope is a thing with feathers - A narrow fellow in the grass - If I can stop one heart from breaking - Wild nights! Wild nights!Www@QuestionHome@Com Yesterday Is History by Emily Dickinson Yesterday is History, 'Tis so far away Yesterday is Poetry 'Tis Philosophy Yesterday is mystery Where it is Today While we shrewdly speculate Flutter both awayWww@QuestionHome@Com #465 "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died-" #712 "Because I could not stop for Death-" THese get into anthologies quite often!.Www@QuestionHome@Com http://quotations!.about!.com/cs/poemlyric!.!.!. She never titled her poetry, but the first line is: "If I can stop one heart from breaking!."Www@QuestionHome@Com I believe it was the one that starts with the line, "Because I could not wait for Death!.!.!." Hope I helped!. God bless you!. ?Www@QuestionHome@Com |