Real Riches
by Emily Dickinson
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Published 01/07/1880
I.
LIFE
POEMS.
I.
REAL RICHES.
'TIS little I could care for pearls
Who own the ample sea;
Or brooches, when the Emperor
With rubies pelteth me;
Or gold, who am the Prince of Mines;
Or diamonds, when I see
A diadem to fit a dome
Continual crowning me.