JUST LOST, WHEN I WAS SAVED! by Emily Dickinson

JUST LOST, WHEN I WAS SAVED!

Just lost, when I was saved!


Just felt the world go by!


Just girt me for the onset with Eternity,


When breath blew back,


An on the other side


I heard recede the disapointed tide!





Therefore, as One returned, I feel


Odd secrets of the line to tell!


Some sailor, skirting foreing shores-


Some pale Reporter, from the awful doors


Before the Seal!





Next time, to stay!


Next time the things to see


By Ear unheard,


Unscrutinized by Eye-





Next time, to tarry,


While the Ages steal-


Slow tramp the Centuries,


And the Cycles wheel!











Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

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