T is so much joy! T is so much joy!
If I should fail, what poverty!
And yet, as poor as I
Have ventured all upon a throw;
Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so
This side the victory!
Life is but life, and death but death!
Bliss is but bliss, and breath but breath!
And if, indeed, I fail,
At least to know the worst is sweet.
Defeat means nothing but defeat,
No drearier can prevail!
And if I gain, -- oh, gun at sea,
Oh, bells that in the steeples be,
At first repeat it slow!
For heaven is a different thing
Conjectured, and waked sudden in,
And might oerwhelm me so!
埃米丽迪金森：
美国女诗人埃米丽迪金森的自然观与她的社会、家庭以及个人阅历有着极其密切的联系。她诗歌中所描绘的自然既反映出爱默生的超验主义思想 ,又不时地唱出与清教主义旋律相近的曲调。她热爱大自然 ,但又夹杂着疑惑和恐惧。她的复杂的心理因素构成了她的复杂的自然观。