Severer Service of myself - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - Severer Service of myself

Severer Service of myself
I -- hastened to demand
To fill the awful Vacuum
Your life had left behind --

I worried Nature with my Wheels
When Hers had ceased to run --
When she had put away Her Work
My own had just begun.

I strove to weary Brain and Bone --
To harass to fatigue
The glittering Retinue of nerves --
Vitality to clog

To some dull comfort Those obtain
Who put a Head away
They knew the Hair to --
And forget the color of the Day --

Affliction would not be appeased --
The Darkness braced as firm
As all my stratagem had been
The Midnight to confirm --

No Drug for Consciousness -- can be --
Alternative to die
Is Nature's only Pharmacy
For Being's Malady --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 786. Severer Service of myself Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Sep 27 2005 Comment 2 of 2, added on February 6th, 2006 at 3:27 PM. All things are bad because I was never acclaimed; however, there is always ME-and just the knowing of my greatness and the misery for the lack of recognition are the consequences. hard eyes Comment 1 of 2, added on May 24th, 2005 at 3:53 PM. oh woe is me to be compared to such talent is but to put my out looks to shame bravo! bravo Emily thee puck bow to you and all shall applaud or face their doom. almighty puck from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Severer Service of myself, has received 2 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 786. Severer Service of myself Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-23 04:15:23 Poem of the Day: Sep 27 2005 Viewed 4572 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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