It might be lonelier

Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
405Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

It might be lonelier Without the Loneliness -- I'm so accustomed to my Fate -- Perhaps the Other -- Peace --

Would interrupt the Dark -- And crowd the little Room -- Too scant -- by Cubits -- to contain The Sacrament -- of Him --

I am not used to Hope -- It might intrude upon -- Its sweet parade -- blaspheme the place -- Ordained to Suffering --

It might be easier To fail -- with Land in Sight -- Than gain -- My Blue Peninsula -- To perish -- of Delight --

From the bookComplete Poems of Emily DickinsonEdited by Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown)

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  1. Sophie_Safiye17 United States

    It's quite sad. All her poems move me to tears.

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