by Emily Dickinson
424
Removed from Accident of Loss
By Accident of Gain
Befalling not my simple Days-
Myself had just to earn-
Of Riches-as unconscious
As is the Brown Malay
Of Pearls in Eastern Waters,
Marked His-What Holiday
Would stir his slow conception-
Had he the power to dream
That put the Dower's fraction-
Awaited even-Him-
Last updated June 21, 2015