Emily Dickinson: It always felt to me - a wrong To that Old Moses -
It always felt to me - a wrong
To that Old Moses - done -
To let him see - the Canaan -
Without the entering -
And tho' in soberer moments -
No Moses there can be
I'm satisfied - the Romance
In point of injury -
Surpasses sharper stated -
Of Stephen - or of Paul -
For these - were only put to death -
While God's adroiter will
On Moses - seemed to fasten
In tantalizing Play
As Boy - should deal with lesser Boy -
To show supremacy -
The fault - was doubtless Israel's -
Myself - had banned the Tribes -
And ushered Grand Old Moses
In Pentateuchal Robes
Upon the Broad Possession
'Twas little - He should see -
Old Man on Nebo! Late as this -
My justice bleeds - for Thee!
Emily Dickinson
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Musicians wrestle everywhere -
All day - among the crowded air
I hear the silver strife -
And - waking - long before the morn -
Such transport breaks upon the town
I think it that "New life"...
No Notice gave She, but a Change -
No Message, but a Sigh -
For Whom, the Time did not suffice
That She should specify.
She was not warm, though Summer shone
Nor scrupulous of cold
Though Rime by Rime...
Within my Garden, rides a Bird
Upon a single Wheel -
Whose spokes a dizzy Music make
As 'twere a travelling Mill -
He never stops, but slackens
Above the Ripest Rose -
Partakes without alighting
And p...