He found my Being—set it up—, by Emily Dickinson

He found my Being—set it up—

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He found my Being—set it up—

Adjusted it to place—

Then carved his name—upon it—

And bade it to the East

Be faithful—in his absence—

And he would come again—

With Equipage of Amber—

That time—to take it Home—

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963 A nearness to Tremendousness— An Agony procures— Affliction ranges Boundlessness— Vicinity to Laws

My River runs to thee’— Blue Sea! Wilt welcome me? My River wait reply’— Oh Sea’—look graciously’— I’ll fetch thee Brooks

Tie the strings to my life, my Lo… Then I am ready to go! Just a look at the horses— Rapid! That will do! Put me in on the firmest side,

Lightly stepped a yellow star To its lofty place - Loosed the Moon her silver hat From her lustral Face - All of Evening softly lit

115 What Inn is this Where for the night Peculiar Traveller comes? Who is the Landlord?

690 Victory comes late— And is held low to freezing lips— Too rapt with frost To take it—

833 Perhaps you think me stooping I’m not ashamed of that Christ—stooped until He touched t… Do those at Sacrament

108 Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the Culprit—Life!

XV I know some lonely houses off the… A robber ’d like the look of,— Wooden barred, And windows hanging low,

978 It bloomed and dropt, a Single No… The Flower—distinct and Red— I, passing, thought another Noon Another in its stead

620 It makes no difference abroad— The Seasons—fit—the same— The Mornings blossom into Noons— And split their Pods of Flame—

Is it too late to touch you, Dear… We this moment knew - Love Marine and Love terrene - Love celestial too -

202 My Eye is fuller than my vase— Her Cargo—is of Dew— And still—my Heart—my Eye outweig… East India—for you!

Ended, ere it begun - The Title was scarcely told When the Preface perished from Co… The Story, unrevealed - Had it been mine, to print!

329 So glad we are—a Stranger’d deem ’Twas sorry, that we were— For where the Holiday should be There publishes a Tear—