THE DUEL - I took my power in my hand.
I took my power in my hand. / And went against the world;
PERCEPTION of an
❦
PERCEPTION of an
Object costs
Precise the Object's loss.
Perception in itself a gain
Replying to its price;
The Object Absolute is nought,
Perception sets it fair,
And then upbraids a Perfectness
That situates so far.
More poems by Emily Dickinson
THE SNOW - It sifts from leaden sieves
It sifts from leaden sieves, / It powders all the wood,
A LITTLE madness in the Spring
A LITTLE madness in the Spring / Is wholesome even for the King,
A ROSE - A sepal, petal, and a thorn
A sepal, petal, and a thorn / Upon a common summer's morn,