Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

The Duel

I TOOK my power in my hand.
And went against the world ;
'T was not so much as David had,
But I was twice as bold.

I aimed my pebble, but myself
Was all the one that fell.
Was it Goliath was too large,
Or only I too small?

1. A Shady Friend for Torrid Days
2. Sight
3. Portraits Are to Daily Faces
4. The Goal
5. The Butterfly's Assumption-Gown

Ella Wilcox The Duel ("Oh many a duel the world has seen")

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