Rather arid delight
If Contentment accrue
Make an abstemious Ecstasy
Not so good as joy —
But Rapture’s Expense
Must not be incurred
With a tomorrow knocking
And the Rent unpaid —
Rather arid delight
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Rather arid delight
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