The Mind
Some work for Immortality,
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
Some work for Immortality,
The chiefer part of Time;
He compensates immediately
The former checks on Fame.
Slow gold, but everlasting,
The bullion of To-day
Contrasted with the currency
Of Immortality.
A beggar here and there
Is gifted to discern
Beyond the broker's insight—
One's Money—One's the Mine.
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Dickinson, Emily. “Some work for Immortality.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/573/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “Some work for Immortality.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/573/.
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