The Mind
All I may, if small
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
All I may, if small,
Do it not display
Larger for its Totalness?
'Tis economy
To bestow a world
And withhold a star,
Utmost is munificence;
Less, though larger, Poor.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “All I may, if small.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/641/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “All I may, if small.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/641/.
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