Nature
I stepped from plank to plank
Nature
I stepped from plank to plank
So slow and cautiously;
The stars about my head I felt,
About my feet the sea.
I knew not but the next
Would be my final inch, --
This gave me that precarious gait
Some call experience.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “I stepped from plank to plank.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/333/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “I stepped from plank to plank.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/333/.
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