This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies
And Lads and Girls—
Was laughter and ability and Sighing
And Frocks and Curls.


'This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies' (c.1864)

Emily Dickinson Quotes

This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies And Lads and Girls— Was laughter and ability and Sighing And Frocks and Curls.

This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies And Lads and Girls— Was laughter and ability and Sighing And Frocks and Curls.

This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies And Lads and Girls— Was laughter and ability and Sighing And Frocks and Curls.

This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies And Lads and Girls— Was laughter and ability and Sighing And Frocks and Curls.