There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry.
Source: Letter, 1885; in Letters of Emily Dickinson, ed. Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894.
-- Emily Dickinson, (Dec 10 1830-1886), US poet; She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction.