The Mind
Had this one day not been
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
Had this one day not been,
Or could it cease to be—
How smitten, how superfluous
Were every other day!
Lest Love should value less
What Loss would value more,
Had it the stricken privilege—
It cherishes before.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Had this one day not been.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/662/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Had this one day not been.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/662/.
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