SATISFIED - One blessing had I, than the rest
One blessing had I, than the rest / So larger to my eyes
He put the belt around my life
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He put the belt around my life, --
I heard the buckle snap,
And turned away, imperial,
My lifetime folding up
Deliberate, as a duke would do
A kingdom's title-deed, --
Henceforth a dedicated sort,
A member of the cloud.
Yet not too far to come at call,
And do the little toils
That make the circuit of the rest,
And deal occasional smiles
To lives that stoop to notice mine
And kindly ask it in, --
Whose invitation, knew you not
For whom I must decline?
More poems by Emily Dickinson
THE BATTLE-FIELD
They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars, / Like petals from a rose,
THE LONELY HOUSE - I know some lonely houses off the road
I know some lonely houses off the road / A robber 'd like the look of, --
COBWEBS - The spider as an artist
The spider as an artist / Has never been employed