Emily Dickinson Writing a Poem: H B74a

Safe in their Alabaster Chambers,
Untouched by Morning -
And untouched by Noon -
Lie the meek members of
the Resurrection -
Rafter of Satin - and Roof of
Stone -

Grand go the Years - in the
Crescent - above them -
Worlds scoop their Arcs -
And Firmaments - row -
Diadems - drop - and Doges -
Surrender -
Soundless as dots - on a
Disc of Snow -

Perhaps this verse would
please you better - Sue -

Emily '

H B74a; L 238

Sue

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