The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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One life of so much consequence!Yet I - for it - would pay - My soul's entire income - In ceaseless - salary - One Pearl - to me - so signal -That I would instant dive - Although - I knew - to take</em> it - Would cost me - just a life!The Sea is full - I know it! That - does not blur my Gem!It burns - distinct from all the row - Intact - in Diadem!The life is thick - I know it! Yet - not so dense a crowd - But Monarchs - are perceptible -Far down the dustiest Road!