Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Three: Love
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| DOUBT me, my dim companion! | |
| Why, God would be content | |
| With but a fraction of the love | |
| Poured thee without a stint. | |
| The whole of me, forever, | 5 |
| What more the woman can,— | |
| Say quick, that I may dower thee | |
| With last delight I own! | |
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| It cannot be my spirit, | |
| For that was thine before; | 10 |
| I ceded all of dust I knew,— | |
| What opulence the more | |
| Had I, a humble maiden, | |
| Whose farthest of degree | |
| Was that she might | 15 |
| Some distant heaven, | |
| Dwell timidly with thee! | |
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