Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.
Part Three: Love
II
YOU left me, sweet, two legacies,—
A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content,
Had He the offer of;
You left me boundaries of pain
Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,
Your consciousness and me.
Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 1:54 PM UTC
Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.
Part Three: Love
II
YOU left me, sweet, two legacies,—
A legacy of love
A Heavenly Father would content,
Had He the offer of;
You left me boundaries of pain
Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,
Your consciousness and me.