"Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast— Grant God, he charge the bravestOf all the martial blest!Please God, might I behold himIn epauletted white— I should not fear the foe then— I should not fear the fight!"
Emily Dickinson was an American poet whose compressed language and formal experimentation transformed lyric poetry. Although only a small number of her poems were published during her lifetime, her posthumous work made her one of the most influential poets in American literature. Her poetry explores mortality, faith, nature, and interior life.