I could not prove the Years had feet --
Yet confident they run
Am I, from symptoms that are past
And Series that are done --

I find my feet have further Goals --
I smile upon the Aims
That felt so ample -- Yesterday --
Today's -- have vaster claims --

I do not doubt the self I was
Was competent to me --
But something awkward in the fit --
Proves that -- outgrown -- I see --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 563. I could not prove the Years had feet --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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