No Man can compass a Despair --

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

477

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

I meant to have but modest needs -- -476-

Succeeded by:

I had no time to Hate -- -478-

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No Man can compass a Despair --
As round a Goalless Road
No faster than a Mile at once
The Traveller proceed --

Unconscious of the Width --
Unconscious that the Sun
Be setting on His progress --
So accurate the One

At estimating Pain --
Whose own -- has just begun --
His ignorance -- the Angel
That pilot Him along --