14. “I went to thank her.” Part Four: Time and Eternity. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Four: Time and Eternity

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I WENT to thank her,
But she slept;
Her bed a funnelled stone,
With nosegays at the head and foot,
That travellers had thrown,	5

Who went to thank her;
But she slept.
’T was short to cross the sea
To look upon her like, alive,
But turning back ’t was slow.	10