Lost Joy

by Emily Dickinson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

IHAD a daily bliss

      I half indifferent viewed,

Till sudden I perceived it stir,—

      It grew as I pursued,


Till when, around a crag,

      It wasted from my sight,

Enlarged beyond my utmost scope,

      I learned its sweetness right.

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