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| My period had come for Prayer --
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 564
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | I could not prove the Years had feet -- -563-
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| Succeeded by: | One Anguish -- in a Crowd -- -565-
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My period had come for Prayer --
No other Art -- would do --
My Tactics missed a rudiment --
Creator -- Was it you?
God grows above -- so those who pray
Horizons -- must ascend --
And so I stepped upon the North
To see this Curious Friend --
His House was not -- no sign had He --
By Chimney -- nor by Door
Could I infer his Residence --
Vast Prairies of Air
Unbroken by a Settler --
Were all that I could see --
Infinitude -- Had'st Thou no Face
That I might look on Thee?
The Silence condescended --
Creation stopped -- for Me --
But awed beyond my errand --
I worshipped -- did not "pray" --
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