Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Five: The Single Hound XXXI |
| THE FUTURE never spoke, | |
| Nor will he, like the Dumb, | |
| Reveal by sign or syllable | |
| Of his profound To-come. | |
| But when the news be ripe, | 5 |
| Presents it in the Act— | |
| Forestalling preparation | |
| Escape or substitute. | |
| Indifferent to him | |
| The Dower as the Doom, | 10 |
| His office but to execute | |
| Fate’s Telegram to him. |
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