The Pile of Years is not so high
As when you came before
But it is rising every Day
From recollection's Floor
And while by standing on my Heart
I still can reach the top
Efface the mountain with your face
And catch me ere I drop

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1507. The Pile of Years is not so high
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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