I cannot be ashamed

Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
914Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

I cannot be ashamed Because I cannot see The love you offer -- Magnitude Reverses Modesty

And I cannot be proud Because a Height so high Involves Alpine Requirements And Services of Snow.

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

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