3. A Book. Emily Dickinson. Modern American Poetry

Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919.

Emily Dickinson. 1830–1886

3. A Book

THERE is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take	5
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!