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You taught me Waiting with Myself—
Appointment strictly kept—
You taught me fortitude of Fate—
This—also—I have learnt—
An Altitude of Death, that could
No bitterer debar
Than Life—had done—before it—
Yet—there is a Science more—
The Heaven you know—to understand
That you be not ashamed
Of Me—in Christ's bright Audience
Upon the further Hand—
More verses by Emily Dickinson
- It Was Given To Me By The Gods
- A Solemn Thing&Mdash;It Was&Mdash;I Said
- I Like A Look Of Agony
- Absent Place&Mdash;An April Day
- A Planted Life&Mdash;Diversified