poems sent from dickinson to bowles


Through the strait pass of suffering -
The Martyrs - even - trod.
Their feet - upon Temptation -
Their faces - upon God -

A stately - shriven - Company -
Convulsion - playing round -
Harmless - as streaks of Meteor -
Upon a Planet's Bond -

Their faith - the everlasting troth -
Their Expectation - fair -
The Needle - to the North Degree -
Wades - so - thro' polar Air!


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