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Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems

Part One: Life 2. Our share of night to bear


Our share of night to bear,

Our share of morning,

Our blank in bliss to fill,

Our blank in scorning.


Here a star, and there a star,

Some lose their way.

Here a mist, and there a mist,

Afterwards -- day!

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