Rather arid delight by Emily Dickinson

Rather arid delight

1679

Rather arid delight
If Contentment accrue
Make an abstemious Ecstasy
Not so good as joy—

But Rapture’s Expense
Must not be incurred
With a tomorrow knocking
And the Rent unpaid—

Book: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson 1830 - 1886/Female/American

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