Living
Ample make this bed
Living
Ample make this bed.
Make this bed with awe;
In it wait till judgment break
Excellent and fair.
Be its mattress straight,
Be its pillow round;
Let no sunrise' yellow noise
Interrupt this ground.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Ample make this bed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/261/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Ample make this bed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/261/.
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