I worked for chaff and earning Wheat - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - I worked for chaff and earning Wheat

I worked for chaff and earning Wheat
Was haughty and betrayed.
What right had Fields to arbitrate
In matters ratified?

I tasted Wheat and hated Chaff
And thanked the ample friend --
Wisdom is more becoming viewed
At distance than at hand.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1269. I worked for chaff and earning Wheat Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Sep 2 2005 Comment 1 of 1, added on September 2nd, 2005 at 8:34 PM. I THOUGHT THE POEM WAS GREAT.YOU DID A GOOD JOB IN WRITTING IT. SABRINA FONSECA from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, I worked for chaff and earning Wheat, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1269. I worked for chaff and earning Wheat Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-23 17:04:30 Poem of the Day: Sep 2 2005 Viewed 3944 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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