The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
Emily Dickinson Archive
How many times these low feet staggered -Only the soldered mouth can tell - Try - can you stir the awful rivet - Try - can you lift the hasps of steel! Stroke the cool forehead - hot so often -Lift - if you care - the listless hair - Handle the adamantine fingers Never a thimble - more - shall wear - Buzz the dull flies - on the chamber window - Brave - shines the sun through the freckled pane -Fearless - the cobweb swings from the ceiling - Indolent Housewife - in Daisies - lain!