Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Four: Time and Eternity
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| THE ONLY ghost I ever saw | |
| Was dressed in mechlin,—so; | |
| He wore no sandal on his foot, | |
| And stepped like flakes of snow. | |
| His gait was soundless, like the bird, | 5 |
| But rapid, like the roe; | |
| His fashions quaint, mosaic, | |
| Or, haply, mistletoe. | |
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| His conversation seldom, | |
| His laughter like the breeze | 10 |
| That dies away in dimples | |
| Among the pensive trees. | |
| Our interview was transient,— | |
| Of me, himself was shy; | |
| And God forbid I look behind | 15 |
| Since that appalling day! | |
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