Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Four: Time and Eternity
LXVII
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| IF I should die, | |
| And you should live, | |
| And time should gurgle on, | |
| And morn should beam, | |
| And noon should burn, | 5 |
| As it has usual done; | |
| If birds should build as early, | |
| And bees as bustling go,— | |
| One might depart at option | |
| From enterprise below! | 10 |
| ’T is sweet to know that stocks will stand | |
| When we with daisies lie, | |
| That commerce will continue, | |
| And trades as briskly fly. | |
| It makes the parting tranquil | 15 |
| And keeps the soul serene, | |
| That gentlemen so sprightly | |
| Conduct the pleasing scene! | |
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