Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems

Much madness is divinest sense–
To a discerning Eye–
Much Sense–that starkest Madness
–From ‘Tis the Majority

Emily Dickinson, the Belle of Amherst, stayed close to home, finding inspiration in the small world around her. Often writing more than a poem a day–although few were published during her lifetime–she perfected a highly personal, condensed, and enduring style. Among her most famous poems included here Success Is Counted Sweetest , I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed , and This Is My Letter to the World .