Superiority to Fate

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

SUPERIORITY to fate

      Is difficult to learn.

'Tis not conferred by any,

      But possible to earn


A pittance at a time,

      Until, to her surprise,

The soul with strict economy

      Subsists till Paradise.

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