Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Emily Dickinson
Born: December 10, 1830
Died: May 15, 1886 (aged 55)
Bio: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life highly introverted.
Known for:
- I'm Nobody! Who are you?
- Wild Nights: Selected Poems
- My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun
Emily Dickinson Quotes