The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson/Mine by the right of the white election!
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I
MINE by the right of the white election!
Mine by the royal seal!
Mine by the sign in the scarlet prison
Bars cannot conceal!
Mine by the royal seal!
Mine by the sign in the scarlet prison
Bars cannot conceal!
Mine, here in vision and in veto!
Mine, by the grave’s repeal
Titled, confirmed,—delirious charter!
Mine, while the ages steal!
Mine, by the grave’s repeal
Titled, confirmed,—delirious charter!
Mine, while the ages steal!
II
YOU left me, sweet, two legacies,—
A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content.
Had He the offer of;
A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content.
Had He the offer of;
You left me boundaries of pain
Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,
Your consciousness and me.
Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,
Your consciousness and me.
III
ALTER? When the hills do.
Falter? When the sun
Question if his glory
Be the perfect one.
Falter? When the sun
Question if his glory
Be the perfect one.