Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Four: Time and Eternity
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| I HAD no cause to be awake, | |
| My best was gone to sleep, | |
| And morn a new politeness took | |
| And failed to wake them up, | |
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| But called the others clear, | 5 |
| And passed their curtains by. | |
| Sweet morning, when I over-sleep, | |
| Knock, recollect, for me! | |
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| I looked at sunrise once, | |
| And then I looked at them, | 10 |
| And wishfulness in me arose | |
| For circumstance the same. | |
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| ’T was such an ample peace, | |
| It could not hold a sigh,— | |
| ’T was Sabbath with the bells divorced, | 15 |
| ’T was sunset all the day. | |
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| So choosing but a gown | |
| And taking but a prayer, | |
| The only raiment I should need, | |
| I struggled, and was there. | 20 |
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