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Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


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I heard, as if I had no Ear
Until a Vital Word
Came all the way from Life to me
And then I knew I heard.

I saw, as if my Eye were on
Another, till a Thing
And now I know 'twas Light, because
It fitted them, came in.

I dwelt, as if Myself, were out,
My Body but within
Until a Might detected me
And set my kernel in.

And Spirit turned unto the Dust
"Old Friend, thou knowest me,"
And Time went out to tell the News
And met Eternity.



Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's other poems:
  1. The Riddle We Can Guess
  2. Playmates
  3. Resurgam
  4. The Martyrs
  5. Surgeons Must Be Very Careful


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