The Mind

Beauty crowds me till I die

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

From The Single Hound (1914)

The Mind

Beauty crowds me till I die,
Beauty, mercy have on me!
But if I expire today,
Let it be in sight of thee.

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “Beauty crowds me till I die.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/644/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “Beauty crowds me till I die.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/644/.

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