The Mind
On a columnar self
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
On a columnar self
How ample to rely;
In tumult or extremity
How good the certainty
That lever cannot pry,
And wedge cannot divide
Conviction, that the granite
Base,
Though none be on our side.
Suffice us, for a crowd,
Ourselves—and rectitude—
And that companion
Not far off
From furthest good man—
God.
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Dickinson, Emily. “On a columnar self.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/557/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “On a columnar self.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/557/.
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