Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Four: Time and Eternity
LXXI
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| WAIT till the majesty of Death | |
| Invests so mean a brow! | |
| Almost a powdered footman | |
| Might dare to touch it now! | |
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| Wait till in everlasting robes | 5 |
| This democrat is dressed, | |
| Then prate about “preferment” | |
| And “station” and the rest! | |
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| Around this quiet courtier | |
| Obsequious angels wait! | 10 |
| Full royal is his retinue, | |
| Full purple is his state! | |
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| A lord might dare to lift the hat | |
| To such a modest clay, | |
| Since that my Lord, “the Lord of lords” | 15 |
| Receives unblushingly! | |
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