The Mind
All circumstances are the frame
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
All circumstances are the frame
In which His Face is set,
All Latitudes exist for His
Sufficient continent.
The light His Action and the dark
The Leisure of His Will,
In Him Existence serve, or set
A force illegible.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “All circumstances are the frame.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/642/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “All circumstances are the frame.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/642/.
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