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| He put the Belt around my life
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 273
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | I breathed enough to take the Trick -- -272-
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| Succeeded by: | The only Ghost I ever saw -274-
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He put the Belt around my life
I heard the Buckle snap --
And turned away, imperial,
My Lifetime folding up --
Deliberate, as a Duke would do
A Kingdom's Title Deed --
Henceforth, a Dedicated sort --
A Member of the Cloud.
Yet not too far to come at call --
And do the little Toils
That make the Circuit of the Rest --
And deal occasional smiles
To lives that stoop to notice mine --
And kindly ask it in --
Whose invitation, know you not
For Whom I must decline?
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