I made slow Riches but my Gain
Was steady as the Sun
And every Night, it numbered more
Than the preceding One

All Days, I did not earn the same
But my perceiveless Gain
Inferred the less by Growing than
The Sum that it had grown.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 843. I made slow Riches but my Gain
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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