Myself was formed -- a Carpenter --

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

488

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

You love the Lord -- you cannot see -- -487-

Succeeded by:

We pray -- to Heaven -- -489-

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Myself was formed -- a Carpenter --
An unpretending time
My Plane -- and I, together wrought
Before a Builder came --

To measure our attainments --
Had we the Art of Boards
Sufficiently developed -- He'd hire us
At Halves --

My Tools took Human -- Faces --
The Bench, where we had toiled --
Against the Man -- persuaded --
We -- Temples build -- I said --