Living
Whether my bark went down at sea
Living
Whether my bark went down at sea,
Whether she met with gales,
Whether to isles enchanted
She bent her docile sails;
By what mystic mooring
She is held to-day, --
This is the errand of the eye
Out upon the bay.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Whether my bark went down at sea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/23/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Whether my bark went down at sea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/23/.
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