POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON
Yet blamed the fate that fractured, less
Than I reviled myself
For entertaining plated wares
Upon my silver shelf.
Than I reviled myself
For entertaining plated wares
Upon my silver shelf.
CXIX
TO lose one’s faith surpasses
The loss of an estate,
Because estates can be
Replenished,—faith cannot.
The loss of an estate,
Because estates can be
Replenished,—faith cannot.
Inherited with life,
Belief but once can be;
Annihilate a single clause,
And Being’s beggary.
Belief but once can be;
Annihilate a single clause,
And Being’s beggary.
CXX
I HAD a daily bliss
I half indifferent viewed,
Till sudden I perceived it stir,—
It grew as I pursued,
I half indifferent viewed,
Till sudden I perceived it stir,—
It grew as I pursued,
Till when, around a crag,
It wasted from my sight,
Enlarged beyond my utmost scope,
I learned its sweetness right.
It wasted from my sight,
Enlarged beyond my utmost scope,
I learned its sweetness right.
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