Lyric Poem · Love
His Heart was darker than the starless night
His Heart was darker than the starless night
For that there is a morn
But in this black Receptacle
Can be no Bode of Dawn
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“His Heart was darker than the starless night” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/his-heart-was-darker-than-the-starless-night
Quick facts
- Poem
- His Heart was darker than the starless night
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 4 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Love, Short
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBHis Heart was darker than the starless night by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
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- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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