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. Love's Humility
2. What Soft, Cherubic Creatures
3. Desire
4. Power
5. Is Bliss, Then, Such Abyss

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

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