Step lightly on this narrow spot --
The broadest Land that grows
Is not so ample as the Breast
These Emerald Seams enclose.

Step lofty, for this name be told
As far as Cannon dwell
Or Flag subsist or Fame export
Her deathless Syllable.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1183. Step lightly on this narrow spot --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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