Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Four: Time and Eternity
XI
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| HOW many times these low feet staggered, | |
| Only the soldered mouth can tell; | |
| Try! can you stir the awful rivet? | |
| Try! can you lift the hasps of steel? | |
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| Stroke the cool forehead, hot so often, | 5 |
| Lift, if you can, the listless hair; | |
| Handle the adamantine fingers | |
| Never a thimble more shall wear. | |
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| Buzz the dull flies on the chamber window; | |
| Brave shines the sun through the freckled pane; | 10 |
| Fearless the cobweb swings from the ceiling— | |
| Indolent housewife, in daisies lain! | |
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