36. “I lost a world the other day.” Part Four: Time and Eternity. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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

Part Four: Time and Eternity

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I LOST a world the other day.
Has anybody found?
You ’ll know it by the row of stars
Around its forehead bound.

A rich man might not notice it;	5
Yet to my frugal eye
Of more esteem than ducats.
Oh, find it, sir, for me!