Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Five: The Single Hound
Epigram
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| ONE sister have I in our house, | |
| And one a hedge away, | |
| There ’s only one recorded | |
| But both belong to me. | |
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| One came the way that I came | 5 |
| And wore my past year’s gown, | |
| The other as a bird her nest, | |
| Builded our hearts among. | |
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| She did not sing as we did, | |
| It was a different tune, | 10 |
| Herself to her a music | |
| As Bumble-bee of June. | |
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| To-day is far from childhood | |
| But up and down the hills | |
| I held her hand the tighter, | 15 |
| Which shortened all the miles. | |
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| And still her hum the years among | |
| Deceives the Butterfly, | |
| Still in her eye the Violets lie | |
| Mouldered this many May. | 20 |
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| I spilt the dew but took the morn, | |
| I chose this single star | |
| From out the wide night’s numbers, | |
Sue—forevermore!
EMILY | |
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