The Mind
Not what we did shall be the test
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
Not what we did shall be the test
When act and will are done,
But what our Lord infers we would—
Had we diviner been.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Not what we did shall be the test.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/553/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Not what we did shall be the test.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/553/.
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