You constituted Time —
I deemed Eternity
A Revelation of Yourself —
‘Twas therefore Deity

The Absolute — removed
The Relative away —
That I unto Himself adjust
My slow idolatry —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem You constituted Time —

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