Lyric Poem · Peace
Only God—detect the Sorrow
Full-text availability follows the United States display decision recorded below; status can differ elsewhere.
“Only God—detect the Sorrow” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/only-god-detect-the-sorrow
Quick facts
- Poem
- Only God—detect the Sorrow
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Peace, Sad, Short
Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
Full-text display is based on the committed source record and a United States term-expiry review.
- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBOnly God—detect the Sorrow by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 cfd772fcc7af6c4e…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.