There is no frigate like a bookTo take us lands away,Nor any coursers like a pageOf prancing poetry.This traverse may the poorest takeWithout oppress of toll;How frugal is the chariotThat bears a human soul!
Emily Dickinson · Poems by Emily Dickinson
Joy & wonder
“There is no frigate like a book”
- Author
- Emily Dickinson
- Work
- Poems by Emily Dickinson
- Year
- 1891
- Length
- 41 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #12242
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Emily Dickinson died in 1886, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1891. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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