I showed her heights she never saw

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

CXXIV.



ISHOWED her heights she never saw—

"Would'st climb?" I said,

She said "Not so"—

"With me?" I said, "With me?"

I showed her secrets

Morning's nest,

The rope that Nights were put across—

And now, "Would'st have me for a Guest?"

She could not find her yes—

And then, I brake my life, and Lo!

A light for her, did solemn glow,

The larger, as her face withdrew—

And could she, further, "No?"

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