A Cloud withdrew from the Sky

From Free media library

Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

895

Composed:

Published:

Volume:

Language:

English

Type:

Poetry

Form:

Rhyme:

Preceded by:

Of Consciousness, her awful Mate -894-

Succeeded by:

Of Silken Speech and Specious Shoe -896-

Wikipedia article </table>

A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
Superior Glory be
But that Cloud and its Auxiliaries
Are forever lost to me

Had I but further scanned
Had I secured the Glow
In an Hermetic Memory
It had availed me now.

Never to pass the Angel
With a glance and a Bow
Till I am firm in Heaven
Is my intention now.