Religion

I've got an arrow here

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

Religion

I've got an arrow here;
Loving the hand that sent it,
I the dart revere.

Fell, they will say, in 'skirmish'!
Vanquished, my soul will know,
By but a simple arrow
Sped by an archer's bow.

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “I've got an arrow here.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/346/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “I've got an arrow here.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/346/.

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