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He put the Belt around my life

By Emily DickinsonSource: Emily Dickinson - PoetryDB (Public Domain)78 words

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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