Fate slew Him, but He did not drop --
She felled -- He did not fall --
Impaled Him on Her fiercest stakes --
He neutralized them all --

She stung Him -- sapped His firm Advance --
But when Her Worst was done
And He -- unmoved regarded Her --
Acknowledged Him a Man.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1031. Fate slew Him, but He did not drop --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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