Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Four: Time and Eternity
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| WENT up a year this evening! | |
| I recollect it well! | |
| Amid no bells nor bravos | |
| The bystanders will tell! | |
| Cheerful, as to the village, | 5 |
| Tranquil, as to repose, | |
| Chastened, as to the chapel, | |
| This humble tourist rose. | |
| Did not talk of returning, | |
| Alluded to no time | 10 |
| When, were the gales propitious, | |
| We might look for him; | |
| Was grateful for the roses | |
| In life’s diverse bouquet, | |
| Talked softly of new species | 15 |
| To pick another day. | |
| Beguiling thus the wonder, | |
| The wondrous nearer drew; | |
| Hands bustled at the moorings— | |
| The crows respectful grew. | 20 |
| Ascended from our vision | |
| To countenances new! | |
| A difference, a daisy, | |
| Is all the rest I knew! | |
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