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One Life of so much Consequence!

By Emily DickinsonSource: Emily Dickinson - PoetryDB (Public Domain)96 words

One Life of so much Consequence!

Yet I -- for it -- would pay --

My Soul's entire income --

In ceaseless -- salary --

One Pearl -- to me -- so signal --

That I would instant dive --

Although -- I knew -- to take it --

Would cost me -- just a life!

The Sea is full -- I know it!

That -- does not blur my Gem!

It burns -- distinct from all the row --

Intact -- in Diadem!

The life is thick -- I know it!

Yet -- not so dense a crowd --

But Monarchs -- are perceptible --

Far down the dustiest Road!

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