The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
Emily Dickinson Archive
The Way I read a Letter's - this -'Tis first - I lock the Door - And push it with my fingers - next - For transport it be sure - And then I go the furthest offTo counteract a knock - Then draw my little Letter forth Andslily • softly slowly pick the lock - Then - glancing narrow, at the Wall - And narrow at thedoor floorFor firm Conviction of a Mouse Not exorcised before - Peruse how infinite I am To no one that You - know - And sigh for lack of Heaven - but notThe Heaven God bestow -