Emily Dickinson, "Many a phrase has the English language"
Many a phrase has the English language --
I have heard but one --
Low as the laughter of the Cricket,
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Loud, as the Thunderer's Tongue --
Murmuring, like old Caspian Choirs,
When the Tide's a' lull --
Saying itself in new inflection --
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Like a Whippoorwill --
Breaking in bright Orthography
On my simple sleep --
Thundering its Prospective --
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Till I stir, and weep --
Not for the Sorrow, done me --
But the push of Joy --
Say it again, Saxon!
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Hush -- Only to me!