Not probable -- The barest Chance --
A smile too few -- a word too much
And far from Heaven as the Rest --
The Soul so close on Paradise --

What if the Bird from journey far --
Confused by Sweets -- as Mortals -- are --
Forget the secret of His wing
And perish -- but a Bough between --
Oh, Groping feet --
Oh Phantom Queen!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 346. Not probable -- The barest Chance
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: May 14 2004
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