Nature
I lost a world the other day
Nature
I lost a world the other day.
Has anybody found?
You'll know it by the row of stars
Around its forehead bound.
A rich man might not notice it;
Yet to my frugal eye
Of more esteem than ducats.
Oh, find it, sir, for me!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “I lost a world the other day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/110/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “I lost a world the other day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/110/.
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