The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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I reckon - When I count at all -First - Poets - Then the Sun - Then Summer - Then the Heaven of God - And then - the List is done - But, looking back - the First so seemsTo Comprehend the Whole - The Others look a needless Show - So I write - Poets - All - Their Summer - lasts a solid Year - They can afford a SunThe East - would deem extravagant - And if the Further Heaven -Be Beautiful as theyDisclose prepare to -For Those whoTrust in • ask of - worship Them - It is too difficult a Grace -To justify the Dream -