Excerpt from Poems: Third Series There is internal evidence that many Of the poems were simply spontaneous flashes Of insight, appar ently unrelated to outward circumstance. Others, however, had an Obvious personal origin; for example, the verses I had a Guinea golden, which seem to have been sent to some friend travelling in Europe, as a dainty reminder Of letter-writing delinquencies. The surroundings in which any Of Emily Dickinson's verses are known to have been written usually serve to explain them clearly; but in general the 'present volume is full Of thoughts needing no interpretation to those who apprehend this scintillating spirit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.